MONTIJO, Gabriela Clarice

Mohave Daily News, Mohave Valley, AZ - Published in Mohave Daily News Online from April 27 to May 4, 2011 - Gabriela Clarice "Gabi" Montijo, age 21, a 2-1/2 year resident of Bullhead City, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2011, in Bullhead City, Ariz. She was born January 31, 1990, in Needles, Calif. As a mother and homemaker, Gabi loved spending time with family and going to the river. She is preceded in death by grandmother, Vivian Kormes and great-grandparents, Raymond and Dorothy Kormes. Gabi is survived by her significant other, Pascual Barrios and daughter, Nallely Barrios, both of Bullhead City; her mother, Candace Harcourt of Mohave Valley; father, Rigo Montijo, of Mexico; two brothers, Nathan Andrews, Sr. and Erik Kormes of Mohave Valley; five sisters, Kristal Montijo, Candace Montijo, Veronica Montijo, all of Mohave Valley, Ariz., and Virginia Montijo and Viviana Montijo of Calif.; grandfather, Jim Harcourt; grandmother, Emilia Montijo; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces and friends. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 29, 2011, at 4:00 p.m. at the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe Gymnasium, 500 Merriman Avenue, Needles, Calif. Funeral services will continue throughout the night at the Fort Mohave Indian Tribe Mourning Hall, 700 Harrison St., Needles, Calif., with cremation being held just before sunrise. Arrangements under the care of Dimond & Sons, Needles Mortuary. ________________________________________ Woman drowns after driving into river Unborn child also dies in what police are terming an accident RECOVERY: A crane retrieves a 2005 Chevrolet Impala from the Colorado River after 21-year-old Gabriela Clarice Montijo reportedly drove into the water Thursday morning from a concrete boat launch on Trane Road. Montijo and her unborn child died in the accident. BULLHEAD CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT/Contributed By RODD CAYTON/The Daily News Published: Friday, April 22, 2011 10:38 AM MDT BULLHEAD CITY — The area had its first drowning of 2011 Thursday when attempts to rescue a 21-year-old woman failed after her car entered the Colorado River from a boat launch at Trane Road. Police believe the drowning of Gabriela Clarice Montijo was an accident, spokeswoman Emily Montague said. “And because of the driver’s medical history, she could possibly have had a seizure that caused her to lose control of the vehicle and drive into the river,” Montague said. Rescuers were dispatched 8:40 a.m.; they found the 2005 Chevrolet Impala at the bottom of the river near Riverfront Drive and Park Lane. Divers from the Bullhead City police and fire departments and the Fort Mojave Mesa Fire Department attempted to rescue Montijo, who was 8 months pregnant, but the river current was too strong. Davis Dam reduced the amount of water released into the river, which slowed the current enough for multiple divers to pull the driver to the surface. Montijo was taken to Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, where doctors and nurses unsuccessfully tried to revive her. “We worked on her for 40 minutes,” hospital spokeswoman Sarah Morga said. “We pronounced her and her child deceased at 11:20.” According to the driver’s family, Montijo had a history of seizures. A fire department truck and a crane retrieved the vehicle from the river at about noon, Montague said.
Posted by mhenderson on April 30, 2011

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