Friday, August 01, 2008
E-mail this story E-mail this story Print this story Print this story E-mail updates Get Newsletters Comment on this story

Deputies find body in Delta-Mendota canal

A single body was found in the Delta Mendota Canal just west of Anderson Road near Newman. Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol are on scene. (Bart Ah You / The Modesto Bee)

By BEE STAFF REPORTS

last updated: July 17, 2008 03:47:16 PM

Stanislaus County Sheriff's deputies found a body in the Delta-Mendota canal near Patterson this afternoon.

The coroner's office sent a deputy to gather information, but did not have an identification on the body.

Sheriff's deputies and the California Highway Patrol have been searching the canal for the body of the seventh and last victim of Tuesday's traffic accident that plunged two vehicles into the canal. A sport utility vehicle struck a septic truck Tuesday on Needham Road at the canal, near the town of Westley. Officials had recovered the bodies of five of the six migrant workers who were in the SUV, as well as the truck driver.

The seventh victim, believed to be Lucas Martinez, 21, of Lodi, remained missing.

Be the first to comment on this story click the 'Add Comment' Tab!


Modbee.com is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting.

Since Modbee.com does not control user submitted statements, we cannot promise that readers will not occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on our website. In addition, we remind anyone interested in making an online comment that responsibility for statements posted lies with the person submitting the comment, not The Modesto Bee.

If you find a comment offensive, clicking on the exclamation icon will flag the comment for review by the administrators, we are counting on the good judgment of all our readers to help us.