Arizona police are looking for the family of three who they last saw driving together in mid-March after visiting the Grand Canyon.
Ji-young Lee, 23, Tae-hee Kim, 69 and 64, were traveling together on a white 2024 BMW with a California license plate of 9khn768 and rental at the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. I said it on social media. Arizona representatives told “CBS Saturday Morning” that the three were mothers, daughters and aunts. The South Korean family was driving from the Grand Canyon area to Las Vegas, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies say they don’t suspect a foul play with the family’s loss.
Vehicle GPS information showed that it had moved west on I-40 around 3:30pm on March 13th. That same day, winter weather caused fiery multi-vehicle piles in the westbound lanes of the highway. Arizona Public Safety Bureau.
The family’s GPS traced about a mile from the crash site, officials said. The crash crash involved 22 vehicles, including 13 passenger cars, the Ministry of Public Safety said. There were 36 people involved in the crash. At least two people have been killed and 16 people have been injured, according to the department.
Arizona Department of Public Safety and Coconino County Sheriff’s Office It was stated in a joint statement More human remains were found at the crash site on Monday. They also said that one of the vehicles involved in the crash has been identified as a BMW SUV.
“All agencies involved are actively working together to determine whether the bodies of Korean citizens believed to have disappeared in the area at the time of the crash,” the agency said in a statement, adding that the severe, long-term fire at the crash site “submitted important challenges for the identification efforts.”
The Sheriff’s Office asked anyone who has contacted the family or has knowledge of where they were to call the authorities.
The South Korean Consulate in Los Angeles told CBS News it is aware of the situation and will provide full support, “if the investigators request cooperation on this issue.”
