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 advised the Canadian Broadcasting Company, or CBC, stated one passenger was pronounced useless 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 after 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 evening.

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

He beforehand advised the Canadian Broadcasting Company, or CBC, that the couple was discovered “on a forestry highway, someplace within the mountains, and fairly a protracted methods north within the valley up in the 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 powerful” 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 accordance 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 highway that does not have a forest on the facet,” he stated to PEOPLE. “So wherever else, they might’ve been caught by the bushes — they might’ve possibly gotten a bit harm. However that is the one space the place they had been gonna go for an enormous experience in the event that they did go off the facet highway.”

Following the accident, Jennings-Bates advised the CBC that rescue groups “had 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 staff, saying the rescue staff 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 an announcement posted to Fb on August 10.

“With unimaginable heartache, the households of Matthew Peter Yeomans and Stacey Tourout wish to advise that we misplaced them each tragically succumbing to accidents in an offroad accident on Aug 7, 2025 within the lovely 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 an incredible Love Story,” the assertion added. “They’re collectively eternally 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 had been seemingly driving around the globe, 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 you will discover achievement doing the identical – in your individual manner,” they shared on their YouTube web page.

In one other Fb put up, 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 not with us,” he wrote. “I used to be with them when it occurred and did the whole lot in my energy to avoid wasting them.”

“These had been the toughest 20 hours I’ve ever lived. The toughest choices 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 an even 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 put up 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 had been taken from this earth so quickly won’t ever be forgotten.” She added that she was “eternally grateful,” concluding, “please, do care for your self, we want extra folks such as you on this earth.”

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