FLAMING GORGE, Utah — Two Utah women — a mother and daughter — died by drowning after a paddle-boarding incident at Flaming Gorge Reservoir over the weekend.
The Daggett County Sheriff's Office said Sweetwater County Dispatch in Wyoming received reports of a possible drowning at Swim Beach around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The call was then transferred and relayed to crews in Utah.
When they arrived, deputies found a man performing CPR on a 66-year-old woman. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The witnesses told deputies that the woman's adult daughter had gone under the water and had not resurfaced. Crews began searching the reservoir for the missing daughter. The search lasted multiple days, and on Tuesday, Daggett County officials announced that they had found and recovered her body.
The deceased mother and daughter were identified as 66-year-old Ramiza Cejvan and 44-year-old Emina Cejvan. They were both from Sandy.
"Sheriff Erik Bailey and the entire search team extend their condolences to the family during their grief," a press release read.
The sheriff's office also thanked the many assisting agencies that helped with the search.
