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Rescued hikers drown inside vehicle leaving state park
Yahoo! News ^ | July 25, 2013 | Dylan Stableford

Posted on 07/25/2013 5:17:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A pair of hikers who had been rescued after getting lost in the fog and rain inside a Maine state park drowned on Tuesday night when their car plunged into the water off a boat launch as they were trying to leave.

Amy Stiner, 37, and Melissa Moyer, 38, were found dead inside a minivan in 20 feet of water about 175 feet from the boat ramp on the edge of Roque Bluffs State Park, the Washington County Sheriff's Department said. A dog, a pit bull mix who was with them, also drowned.

Officials say the women, who had just been returned to their vehicle by a game warden, took a wrong turn as they were driving away from the parking area.

"The end of the road becomes the boat landing and they just weren't familiar with it," Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith told the Kennebec Journal. "It was foggy and rainy and they literally drove off the boat landing right into the water."(continued)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: maine; rocquebluff; statepark
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1 posted on 07/25/2013 5:17:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is terrible!


2 posted on 07/25/2013 5:18:50 PM PDT by Cold Case Posse Supporter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I don’t know, maybe there was something Biblical going on here.


3 posted on 07/25/2013 5:18:58 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (The Lefties can drink Kool-Aid; I will drink Tea.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How bizarre.

A few years ago an SUV with four women drove off the roadway in Newark NJ into the Passaic River; they called 911 as the SUV filled with water but nobody (including them) knew exactly where they were (all 4 drowned).


4 posted on 07/25/2013 5:19:37 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Somehow it reminds me of trying to save Detroit.


5 posted on 07/25/2013 5:19:41 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sad, but Darwin Award candidates for sure.


6 posted on 07/25/2013 5:21:55 PM PDT by liberateUS
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is tragic. An emergency glass hammer under $20.00 and they would be alive.


7 posted on 07/25/2013 5:25:28 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: liberateUS

I knew that one of your kind would show up and comment on this story.


8 posted on 07/25/2013 5:27:40 PM PDT by Alex in chains
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Man...when it’s your time there is no avoiding it! What an awful story


9 posted on 07/25/2013 5:28:34 PM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Government: Slimy used car salesmen writing laws forcing you to buy their cars)
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To: liberateUS

Concur.. Darwin award nominees.


10 posted on 07/25/2013 5:30:03 PM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising.... Civil War II)
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To: kearnyirish2

Why call 911? how about breaking the window or rolling it down or something that might be useful.


11 posted on 07/25/2013 5:30:53 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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A tragedy no doubt, but we're clearly seeing what happens to airheads when they venture away from the mall.

I've taken chicks camping before who can't find their way around Target, much less around the woods.

I had one that went down and filled her waders up in a 3-foot wide and deep trout stream.

I had to risk my own life to save hers as she was headed downstream submerged.

Never again.

12 posted on 07/25/2013 5:31:50 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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I don’t understand. Their vehicle is filling up with water and they call 911. Did they think responders were going to find them before they drowned? The whole story just seems bizarre.


13 posted on 07/25/2013 5:32:52 PM PDT by LouAvul (In a state of disbelief as to how liberals destroyed America in a mere 40 years.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When your number comes up you are leaving this world.


14 posted on 07/25/2013 5:35:10 PM PDT by Venturer
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Somehow it reminds me of trying to save Detroit.

Stupidass statement.......you trying to hijack the thread?

15 posted on 07/25/2013 5:35:22 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (')
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I’d imagine pure panic; it happened at night, they were unsure as to where they were, and I was surprised they had time to call 9/11.


16 posted on 07/25/2013 5:36:00 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Hot Tabasco

No pugnacious one. It was a comment on the helplessness of trying to save these girls. It would be like trying to bail out Detroit. Get it?

Sorry they died, but Darwin was their cousin obviously.


17 posted on 07/25/2013 5:39:49 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Other speculation here.
18 posted on 07/25/2013 5:40:22 PM PDT by Daffynition (Stand Your Ground)
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I'm curious about their party affiliation for some reason.
19 posted on 07/25/2013 5:40:41 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: elkfersupper
there was a young man who drowned just yesterday because he was trying to swim across a river....his girlfriend made it just fine....

between the "darwin award" jerks and the women haters like you, I'm sure you can fill up that Petition for 4th trimester abortions....

20 posted on 07/25/2013 5:45:33 PM PDT by cherry
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