The families and the off-road vehicle community are mourning the loss of a young Nanaimo couple who inspired off-road adventurers around the world.

Matthew Peter Yeomans and Stacey Tourout died in a crash while off-roading near Trout Lake, B.C., located in the mountains in the West Kootenay region between Kaslo and Revelstoke on Thursday, Aug. 7.

Their deaths were announced on social media by Stacey’s mother Colleen Tourout over the weekend.

Mark Jennings-Bates, manager with Kaslo Search and Rescue, said the organization was alerted about the incident at about 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 7.

“We were able to immediately dispatch a ground team and a quad team, as well, so we could get to the mountain very quickly and one of our managers actually went up there on a motorbike to get there ahead of t

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