Four victims who drowned in an Ohio river trying to save a distressed swimmer have been identified.
Two married couples from Honduras, Miguel Ángel Guerra and Carmen Idalia Lara Ferrera, both 33, and José Mario Pineda, 33, and Marina Suyapa Regalado Miranda, 29, died in the Scioto River Sunday, officials from the Central American country confirmed to ABC News.
A group of five adults and two children were believed to have gone on a fishing trip Sunday at the Scioto River in the Columbus suburb of Powell when one of the adults went for a swim, according to reports.
As the person was struggling in the water, the other adults went into the river to help. But they all ended up getting swept under as the river was running high and fast, the Associated Press reported.
The identity of the fifth adult has yet to be revealed.
Flabia Zamora with the Honduran Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that they were working with U.S. authorities to bring the couples’ bodies home, according to the AP.
The two children, who the AP said belonged to Pineda and Miranda, are in the care of Ohio officials, Zamora said. They will eventually be reunited with relatives in Honduras, according to the foreign ministry official.
This is a developing story…
