2 Maine hikers rescued but drive to ocean deaths

[The Straight Story]

ROQUE BLUFFS, Maine (AP) — Authorities say two women who got lost while hiking in a Maine state park died in a car accident shortly after their rescue.

Thirty-seven-year-old Amy Stiner, of Machias (muh-CHY'-us), and 38-year-old Melissa Moyer, of Sunbury, Pa., were killed Tuesday night when they drove their car into the ocean after driving the wrong way down a road. The county sheriff says Stiner was five months pregnant.

Officials say the women became lost while hiking at Roque Bluffs State Park. A landowner found them and their dog and gave them a ride to a home. Authorities later took them back to their car.

A short time later, the women called to say they had driven their vehicle into the water — and then the phone went dead. The car was later found underwater.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2-get-lost-maine-hike-then-die-car-accident

[uppityperson]

1. How sad. I wonder though how you accidentally drive into the ocean.

Maybe the road ended in a bluff and it was dark? Following faulty GPS?

It happened in my small town several yrs back. Young adults, dusk, they drove off a dock dropping 8 feet to the water. They didn't know they were in the ocean until water started coming into the car, thought they'd hit a big pothole. They were talking about suing the port for not blocking off ocean access but decided to drop it after receiving hysterical laughter.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. According to another report, that's what they did too,

drove straight off the boat launch. It was foggy, rainy, and getting dark and they made a wrong turn.

[Myrina]

3. Sad yes, but some people shouldn't hike without seasoned guides.

n/t

[arely staircase]

4. that sucks

and I don't say that flippantly, that is a really terrible story.

[flamingdem]

5. How sad, they were probably exhausted from having been lost nt

[bigwillq]

6. So sad.

[loli phabay]

7. final destination springs to mind, here in the boonies we have people drown every year

Driving across flooded bridges and roads, gps tells them to go that way so they do and end up being washed away or classically they think being in an suv means they can go right through the water.