Friends identify 2 boys, woman killed in Lake Powell accident

Ashley Imlay and Jenny Rollins, KSL.com

PAGE, Arizona (KSL.com) — Friends person identified nan 2 4-year-old boys who died Friday on pinch a female aft nan pontoon they were being towed successful astatine Lake Powell overturned, trapping them.

About 3:18 p.m., dispatchers learned of an overturned boat connected Lake Powell adjacent nan rima of Navajo Canyon.

“The 25-foot privately owned pontoon alloy was being towed by different boater, erstwhile waves contributed to nan towed alloy capsizing. Several of nan eleven passengers became trapped nether nan overturned vessel,” nan National Park Service said successful a news release.

Rangers responded and recovered a personification connected apical of nan pontoon vessel and others successful nan water, “with immoderate of nan statement unaccounted for” arsenic adjacent boaters helped get nan victims retired of nan water. First responders provided aesculapian attraction astatine nan scene, but Gabriel Hart, 4; Zeniff Cox, 4; and Missy Hayhurst Cox Bean, 72, died during nan incident. Two different group were taken to a hospital.

“In this devastating incident, nan Cox family mislaid 3 beloved family members: their cherished grandmother, Missy Hayhurst Cox Bean, and 2 precious four-year-olds, Gabriel Hart and Zeniff Cox. Our hearts ache arsenic we grapple pinch this abrupt and heartbreaking loss,” a GoFundMe group up to support nan families states.

The run says different child, Audrey Cox, 7, was flown to a infirmary and remained successful medically induced coma successful an intensive attraction portion connected Sunday.

“The roadworthy up is uncertain and filled pinch galore challenges for each families involved, some affectional and financial,” nan fundraiser states.

Another victim, Missy Bean’s hubby Roland “Rock” Bean, is besides presently hospitalized and receiving curen for nan injuries he sustained during nan accident, according to nan GoFundMe.

The mishap remains nether investigation by nan National Park Service and section authorities.