ST. L.UCIE COUNTY, Fla. — The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a report of a car in a canal near the intersection of Orange Avenue and North Rim Road in Fort Pierce.
WATCH BELOW: 2 cars found in canals in St. Lucie County
The incident was reported on Tuesday at around 10:53 a.m. by the South Florida Water Management District, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
"Shortly before 11 a.m. today, workers here with the waste facilities and the canals the South Florida Water Management District maintains, found a car in the canal," FHP Trooper Raeford Griffin told WPTV's Kate Hussey. "Two people were found dead inside."
The FHP has identified the two victims as a 28-year-old female from Vero Beach, Florida, and a 21-year-old female from Fort Pierce, FL. They have not yet released their names.
Troopers said the two women were last seen by their family members on Sunday into Monday, around midnight, and have been missing for about a day and a half. No foul play is suspected in their deaths.
According to FHP, the women were heading home and were traveling westbound on Orange Avenue when they hit a guardrail and swerved off the road and into the canal.
A toxicology report will be conducted to determine whether alcohol played a role in the crash. FHP is also investigating whether speed was a factor.
Orange Avenue was closed for several hours between Sneed Road and the Okeechobee/St. Lucie County line, as FHP and the sheriff's office conducted their investigation.
Meanwhile, a second white car was found nose-down in a canal on Indrio Road in St. Lucie County just after noon on Tuesday.
