A trio of Korean tourists disappeared during a road trip between the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, according to an Arizona official.
Ji-young Lee, 33, Tae-hee Kim, 59 and 54, was last known to travel by car on Interstate 40 on Thursday, March 13th. Coconino County Sheriff's Office.
When the three of them didn't make a flight to return home, a family known as the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles.
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Ji-young Lee (33), Tae-hee Kim, 59, and Jungi Kim, 54, have all been reported missing. (Coconino County Sheriff's Office)
“I was contacted by the South Korean Consulate on March 18th to advise three missing individuals traveling from the Grand Canyon to Las Vegas,” Coconino County Sheriff's Office official told Fox News Digital.
View of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. (istock)
The last known location of the car rental coincides with a fatal piling accident on the same interstate during a winter storm. Arizona Public Safety Bureau.
The crash occurred around 3:27pm on westbound Interstate 40 near Milepost 159.5 in Williams, Arizona. Twenty-two vehicles were involved, including 13 passenger cars.
Winter weather conditions that lining the busy interstate with ice and snow caused the tractor trailer to become a jackknife, causing it to “completely interfere with the interstate.”
Officials said GPS information taken from the vehicle showed that the family's last known location was heading west on Interstate 40 in Arizona around 3:30pm on March 13. (Arizona Department of Public Safety)
The vehicles involved were engulfed in flames — including those that had burned for more than 20 hours at “extreme temperatures,” authorities said.
Authorities say a total of 36 drivers and residents were involved in an accident that included two deaths, 16 people injured and transported for medical care.
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The two who died in the wreck were Juan Bertran Sanchez of Chino Valley, Arizona, and Evelyn Davis of Ganado, Arizona.
Investigators wrote in a missing person poster provided by the sheriff's office that the family borrowed a 2024 white BMW with California license plate number 9KHN768. (Arizona Shame
Coconino County Sheriff's Office official said Fox 10 Phoenix They are concerned that the vehicle's GPS has rerouteed the family's vehicles to the Forest Service roads.
“It was our concern that their GPS might have re-routed them because of the weather conditions that day and their major accidents. And if you've traveled to northern Arizona, once you're re-routed, the GPS may re-rout on the Forest Service roads without knowing that weather conditions are strict,” the sheriff's office said.
Coconino County Councilman searched all corridors along I-40 in the area where the family's rental car last Pinyin.
Entrance sign to Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Federal prosecutors said the man would be serving in prison after setting a fire to a cabin in the park. (Jim Lane/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The detective doesn't know if this missing family is part of a fiery stake. “I don't know if this vehicle is involved in the accident.” The three families were driving a 2024 white BMW on a California license plate, according to a missing person flyer.
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Anyone with information about their location will be asked to call the Coconino County Sheriff's Office, silent witnesses at 928-774-4523, 800-338-7888 or 928-774-6111. The missing person's report number is S25-00828.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for comment.
