Overview
- A personal watercraft struck a cross-wave Tuesday and ejected three people and a dog, and two female passengers from Las Vegas are missing and presumed drowned.
- Authorities arrested 23-year-old Antonio Omari Lewis and charged him with two counts of automobile homicide plus multiple misdemeanors and infractions; a court order was filed to hold him without bail.
- Investigators say Lewis failed field sobriety tests, refused a life jacket because he was a lifeguard, and declined a breath test while officers obtained a blood sample.
- Search-and-recovery work has continued using park rangers, Washington County dive teams, sonar, drones and aircraft; crews recovered one of the women and the reservoir remains closed to boats as the search continues for the other.
- Records and charges note several safety and regulatory lapses on the craft, including no life jackets, missing registration and an invasive-mussel infraction, highlighting how Utah treats impaired operation of motorized watercraft that cause deaths as a possible felony.