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PAGE, Ariz. — Authorities have released the names of a New Mexico couple who were killed in a collision of two personal water craft on Lake Powell.

The two people who died in Saturday's collision are Russell and Wendy Gallegos of Fairview, N.M. Both were 44 years old.

The couple was struck by their 15-year-old daughter, who survived the collision.

The family was using the small vessels for sightseeing on the San Juan arm of the lake when one of them slowed down and was struck by the other.

The San Juan County Sheriff's Office in Utah, where the collision occurred, is investigating the crash and says drugs and alcohol weren't involved in the accident.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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    nihipali wrote...
    wo people who died
    July 9, 2012 9:38 am
    The two people who died in Saturday's collision are Russell and Wendy Gallegos of Fairview, N.M. Both were 44 years old. The couple was struck by their 15-year-old daughter, who survived the collision. What? Does this make any sense?
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    Steel Town #1 wrote...
    Two PWC's Involved
    July 9, 2012 10:56 am
    I was at Powell when it happened. I heard that the daughter was riding directly behind the parents on a second PWC at a fairly high speed when the parents stopped and the daughter hit them from behind. In emergencies, people tend to let up off of the gas and then loose all control of the PWC (it just goes straight until it stops). Only new Sea-Doo's have brakes and they work really good. If you are in front of another rider and apply the brake, it shoots water into the air to warn them you are stopping.
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    Picasso wrote...
    The daughter....
    July 9, 2012 1:15 pm
    ...was probably riding on one machine, the couple the other, probably in front, and when the slowed/turned, the daughter ran into them. so sad. she's going to be a wreck forever.
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