Stacey Tourout and Matthew Yeomans, known as Toyota World Runners, died in a car accident in the mountains of British Columbia, their loved ones confirmed.
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Stacey Tourout and Matthew Yeomans‘ loved ones are in mourning.
The couple, who go by Toyota World Runners on social media, died in a car accident on Aug. 7 in British Columbia, Canada, their families confirmed.
“With unimaginable heartache, the families of Matthew Peter Yeomans and Stacey Tourout would like to advise that we lost them both, tragically succumbing to injuries in an off-road accident,” Stacey’s mom Colleen Tourot wrote on Facebook Aug. 11, “in the beautiful mountains of British Columbia that they loved so much.”
She added, “Please keep us and them in your thoughts and prayers as we navigate this devastating end to an amazing Love Story. They are together forever as we knew they would always be.”
Stacey and Matthew were found “quite a long ways north in the valley up towards … the village of Trout Lake,” about 400 miles northeast of Vancouver, according to Mark Jennings-Bate, the manager with Kaslo Search and Rescue.
“Our teams were able to get to them efficiently,” he told the CBC. “It’s a long journey, but they got there efficiently. So that was very, very helpful.”
Despite their arrival via helicopter, the official noted that one passenger was dead on arrival, while the other died at a nearby hospital.
E! News has reached out to Kaslo Search and Rescue for comment and has not yet heard back.
Toyota World Runners/Instagram
The couple—who lived as nomads in their Toyota—was no stranger to the outdoors as they spent their days exploring mountains, forests and canyons. Matthew had even proposed to Stacey in front of Mount Fitz Roy, which borders Argentina and Chile.
“Two truly monumental dreams came true today,” he wrote on Facebook in April 2024. “I waited a long time for this exact moment. Rehearsed it in my mind for years. After our first date, I knew I could spend my life with this girl. Driving the length of the Americas in a rig that we built has made us into a remarkable team. Proven.”
“After 16 months and 16 countries we made it here, to the mountain which was on my vision board in my bachelor pad for years,” he continued. “AND, I asked Stacey to be my forever! The moment was perfectly US.”
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