ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Authorities have recovered the bodies of a missing South Carolina couple from inside a vehicle submerged in water along Interstate 95 in Rocky Mount, the North Carolina Highway Patrol said Monday evening.
Wayne Anthony Guay, 47, and Dianne Guay, 45, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., were positively identified as the occupants inside the white Mazda with South Carolina registration, the Highway Patrol said.
The Guays were on their way to Queens, N.Y., but never arrived at their destination.
Troopers were notified at about 3:30 p.m. about the vehicle, which was found in a swampy area located between mile markers 139 and 140. Sgt. Keith Stone, with the Highway Patrol, said the vehicle apparently ran off the road into a creek.
Last week, Nash County 911 Communications had notified the Highway Patrol of a traffic collision near the location where the vehicle was recovered, but emergency personnel were never able to locate a collision at the location, the Highway Patrol said.
Did you read the last paragraph of that news release!!!
They couldn't find the collision...how hard did they look?
Somebody called 911...who was it?
Very sad. May they RIP.
That sounds as though the driver may have fallen asleep and ran off the road. That happens more often than most people realize.
A very sad ending to a trip that probably began in high spirits and anticipation of good times at journey's end. I just hope that their relationship with their God was in good order.
Oh, man. My worst nightmare as a bridgeaphobic. So sorry the rumored news bulletin I saw earlier turned out to be the Guays - had hoped for a better outcome. Prayers for their souls and for the comfort of their families.
Didn't they look off the road?
The only daughter of a good friend of mine died in a traffic accident similar to this. She was with a high school friend of hers, and they were driving overnight to get back to Tuscaloosa after a football game at LSU. She must have fallen asleep at the wheel, and run off the road, killing her and her friend instantly from the force of the crash. Apparently, the electrical system in the car must have been damaged as well because there were no lights to be seen from the road. Someone noticed the car in the morning and called the police. The trooper told her grandmother that finding them earlier wouldn't have made a difference. At least it wasn't a full week, though.
emergency personnel were never able to locate a collision at the location, the Highway Patrol said.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Fell asleep while driving.
Sounds like somebody bumped the car off the road.