YouTuber Stacey Tourout Initially Survived Off-Roading Accident with Fiancé After Automobile Fell 656 Ft

The couple — who ran the Toyota World Runners account on YouTube — was killed in a tragic accident in British Columbia on August 7.

Following the tragic accident, Kaslo Search and Rescue’s Mark Jennings-Bates instructed the Canadian Broadcasting Company, or CBC, stated one passenger was pronounced lifeless on the scene, and the opposite was taken to the hospital, the place they succumbed to their accidents.

In a brand new interview with PEOPLE, Jennings-Bates — the Communication Supervisor for Kaslo Search and Rescue — stated rescuers discovered Tourout nonetheless aware once they responded to the scene. Whereas she initially survived, Tourout suffered “a extreme head damage,” per Jennings-Bates.

“She did not notice fairly how injured she was,” he stated of Tourout, who was transported to a hospital, the place she later handed away that night time.

As for Yeomans, Jennings-Bates stated he had been thrown from the car, including that rescuers discovered “no important indicators” once they arrived on the scene.

He beforehand instructed the Canadian Broadcasting Company, or CBC, that the couple was discovered “on a forestry street, someplace within the mountains, and fairly an extended methods north within the valley up in direction of … the village of Trout Lake,” which is the West Kootenay area of British Columbia.

Whereas talking with PEOPLE, Jennings-Bates stated the crash web site was a “backcountry path” with “fairly robust” terrain, including that Yeomans and Tourout’s car fell down a “steep boulder area,” falling an estimated 200 meters, which is about 656 toes.

In keeping with Jennings-Bates, Tourout was nonetheless within the car when it stopped.

“From what I perceive, it is one of many few patches of the street that does not have a forest on the facet,” he stated to PEOPLE. “So wherever else, they might’ve been caught by the timber — they might’ve possibly gotten a bit damage. However that is the one space the place they have been gonna go for an enormous trip in the event that they did go off the facet street.”

Following the accident, Jennings-Bates instructed the CBC that rescue groups “have been in a position to get to them effectively,” noting that the helicopter pilot was in a position to “fly straight to the vacation spot.” He shared with PEOPLE that the rescue groups consisted of two floor and one air crew, saying the rescue crew had to make use of ropes to get to the couple’s our bodies.

Tourout’s household introduced the information of Tourout and Yeomans’ deaths in a press release posted to Fb on August 10.

“With unimaginable heartache, the households of Matthew Peter Yeomans and Stacey Tourout want to advise that we misplaced them each tragically succumbing to accidents in an offroad accident on Aug 7, 2025 within the stunning mountains of British Columbia that they beloved a lot,” Coleen Tourout, Stacey’s mom, wrote.

“Please maintain us and them in your ideas and prayers as we navigate this devastating finish to a tremendous Love Story,” the assertion added. “They’re collectively ceaselessly as we knew they might all the time be.”

Tourout and Yeomans’ YouTube account had greater than 200,000 followers, whereas one other 75K adopted their adventures on Instagram.

The 2 declare to have constructed the “world’s first Land Cruiser Chinook in 100 days,” which they have been seemingly driving world wide, sharing movies from their travels. “We’re documenting our construct, the journey plan, and hope to go away you with knowledge and inspiration for why we journey and the way yow will discover success doing the identical – in your individual method,” they shared on their YouTube web page.

In one other Fb publish, a good friend of the couple, Colin Stuart, stated he was with them when the accident occurred.

“I simply lived the saddest chapter of my life this previous week. As lots of you now know, Matthew Peter Yeomans and Stacey Tourout are now not with us,” he wrote. “I used to be with them when it occurred and did every thing in my energy to save lots of them.”

“These have been the toughest 20 hours I’ve ever lived. The toughest selections I’ve ever needed to make,” he continued. “I am sorry to all that this has affected. This can be a massive loss for the offroad group and a much bigger loss to Matthew’s and Stacey’s household and shut mates … My coronary heart goes to all effected.”

Tourout’s mom additionally responded to the publish within the feedback, writing, “Colin – not solely your heroism that night, however your willingness to speak to us and supply us some peace to know why two such great souls have been taken from this earth so quickly won’t ever be forgotten.” She added that she was “eternally grateful,” concluding, “please, do handle your self, we’d like extra individuals such as you on this earth.”

The couple’s final video was shared on July 31 to YouTube, displaying them driving round Vancouver Island. The pair appeared to have gotten engaged again in Might 2024, in accordance with a Fb publish shared by Yeomans on the time, beneath.