Overview

• Stacey Tourout and Matthew Yeomans, creators of YouTube’s Toyota World Runners with over 200,000 subscribers, died in a remote off-road crash near Trout Lake, British Columbia, on August 7.
• Kaslo Search and Rescue teams reached the site by helicopter after receiving an emergency call at around 7:30 p.m., describing challenging conditions due to high altitude and limited daylight.
• Rescuers found one victim deceased at the scene and transported the other to hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries hours later.
• Authorities have not established a definitive cause, although officials suspect the vehicle lost control on irregular terrain and say it’s unclear whether the couple was filming at the time of the crash.
• Families led by Stacey’s mother, Colleen Tourout, confirmed the deaths in social media statements, prompting an outpouring of tributes from the online adventure travel community.