A driving lesson turned into a tragedy on Monday after the vehicle plunged into a Rhode Island river resulting in the death of a woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter. What exactly led up to the crash is currently unknown but police don’t suspect foul play.
Pawtucket Police Department responded to reports that a vehicle had been submerged in water on Sunday, June 28. They resumed their search around 8:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29th, reports PEOPLE. The search took place near the 100 block of Taft Street with crews combing the area for several hours before finally finding the car beneath the water with the bodies of the three people still inside.
The victims were identified by and were revealed to be three generations of the same family: 45-year-old Floridalma Arceno, her daughter, 22-year-old Linora Sucely Gomez, and Floridalma’s 2-year-old granddaughter, Ana Sofia Garcia Gomez. Josue Gomez, husband of Floridalma Arceno, was the one to identify the bodies.
A driving lesson gone wrong
Josue Gomez stated that the accident occurred while Arceno was teaching their daughter, Linora, how to drive on Sunday. His wife had spoken to him over the phone prior to the crash and moments before the tragic disaster claiming that the brakes had failed. She was heard saying, “It won’t brake, it won’t brake.” Gomez said “It was the last thing she said to me.”…