Two young women and a man remained missing on Tuesday after a boating accident over the weekend left one person dead and nine injured, authorities say.Close friends Kirra Drury and Raegan Heitzig, both of Ventura, California, have been missing since 8 p.m. on Saturday after a boat they were on crashed head-on into another vessel. The women, along with 14 other passengers, were thrown from the boats into the Colorado River in California.“My heart is breaking,” Drury’s mother, Denise Olson Drury, wrotein a Facebook poston Monday. Sheadded in a follow-up message: “We are praying for a miracle.”Officials have not publicly identified the women, but friends and family have released Drury and Heitzig’s identities in a desperate search for the friends.Instagram“There was a horrific boating accident,” a family friend of Drury’s wrote on aGoFundMe pagefor Drury’s mother and sister, Kaley Drury. “This is undoubtedly every mother and sister’s worst nightmare.”On Monday, search teams found the body of 51-year-old Christine Lewis, of Visalia, California,theMohave County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday. At a press conference a day earlier, Sheriff Doug Schuster said nine people were injured, two critically, in the incident.Along with Drury and Heitzig, authorities are looking for 49-year-old Brian Grabowski, of Tulare, according toKFSN. Officials with the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PEOPLE.FacebookAs the search for the three continued on Tuesday, Drury and Heitzig’s social media accounts gives a glimpse into the womens’ friendship and their Labor Day weekend getaway.“They loving the crew,” Drurycaptioned a shot of herselfalongside Heitzig and two friends. Heitzig shared aclip of herself attempting to napon the boat writing, “Swipe to see what it really looks like when you pass out at the lake. expectation—->reality.”Both vessels were going 50 mph at the time of the crash, and the boaters weren’t wearing life jackets, according toABC News. The vessels collided on a stretch of the Colorado River north near Lake Havasu.FacebookDuring the press conference, Schuster said there is a “remote” possibility that Heitzig, Drury and Grabowski made it to shore but “technically it’s a dive mission looking for potential drowned victims.”On Monday, Lance Nelson, who Drury identified on social media as her boyfriend, shared anInstagram photo of him and Drurysharing a kiss.“Please come back Kirra,” he wrote, including a heart emoji.
Two young women and a man remained missing on Tuesday after a boating accident over the weekend left one person dead and nine injured, authorities say.
Close friends Kirra Drury and Raegan Heitzig, both of Ventura, California, have been missing since 8 p.m. on Saturday after a boat they were on crashed head-on into another vessel. The women, along with 14 other passengers, were thrown from the boats into the Colorado River in California.
“My heart is breaking,” Drury’s mother, Denise Olson Drury, wrotein a Facebook poston Monday. Sheadded in a follow-up message: “We are praying for a miracle.”
Officials have not publicly identified the women, but friends and family have released Drury and Heitzig’s identities in a desperate search for the friends.
“There was a horrific boating accident,” a family friend of Drury’s wrote on aGoFundMe pagefor Drury’s mother and sister, Kaley Drury. “This is undoubtedly every mother and sister’s worst nightmare.”
On Monday, search teams found the body of 51-year-old Christine Lewis, of Visalia, California,theMohave County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday. At a press conference a day earlier, Sheriff Doug Schuster said nine people were injured, two critically, in the incident.
Along with Drury and Heitzig, authorities are looking for 49-year-old Brian Grabowski, of Tulare, according toKFSN. Officials with the sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from PEOPLE.
As the search for the three continued on Tuesday, Drury and Heitzig’s social media accounts gives a glimpse into the womens’ friendship and their Labor Day weekend getaway.
“They loving the crew,” Drurycaptioned a shot of herselfalongside Heitzig and two friends. Heitzig shared aclip of herself attempting to napon the boat writing, “Swipe to see what it really looks like when you pass out at the lake. expectation—->reality.”
Both vessels were going 50 mph at the time of the crash, and the boaters weren’t wearing life jackets, according toABC News. The vessels collided on a stretch of the Colorado River north near Lake Havasu.
During the press conference, Schuster said there is a “remote” possibility that Heitzig, Drury and Grabowski made it to shore but “technically it’s a dive mission looking for potential drowned victims.”
On Monday, Lance Nelson, who Drury identified on social media as her boyfriend, shared anInstagram photo of him and Drurysharing a kiss.
“Please come back Kirra,” he wrote, including a heart emoji.
source: people.com
