2 bodies recovered from sunken car in Bass Lake, victims identified

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
FRESNO Calif. (KFSN) -- A Madera County sheriff's dive team recovered two bodies from Bass Lake after finding a car in the water Wednesday morning.

Wednesday afternoon, sheriff's officials identified the victims as Samuel Rosasco, 21, of Oakhurst and Karina Barnett, 17, of Ahwahnee.
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The car was found submerged in the water along Road 222.
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California Highway Patrol officers say Rosasco was driving eastbound on Road 222 west of Road 426 when he lost control of the vehicle while on a left curve. The car crashed into an embankment and veered off the road, overturning into the lake.
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