Overview

• Search teams located the body of 15-year-old Aaron Ramirez on Friday near Love’s Travel Stop, confirming his death three days after the vehicle plunged into the canal.
• Raul Ramirez’s body was recovered from the submerged SUV by the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team on the day of the crash.
• The SUV towing a utility trailer veered off northbound Interstate 5 near Sperry Avenue during an unsafe maneuver and crashed through fencing before entering the California Aqueduct.
• Family members and volunteers conducted shoreline searches under intense heat after initial dive operations did not find the teen.
• Authorities have wrapped up recovery operations and are moving forward with a formal investigation into the circumstances of the crash.