LEGGETT — Authorities are bracing for the worst after an SUV, matching that of a family reported missing while traveling from Oregon to San Jose, veered off a Northern California highway and was believed to be swept away by a flood-swollen river late last week.

The search continues for a maroon Honda Pilot that went down an embankment Friday around 1:10 p.m. on Highway 101 near Dora Creek, about five miles north of Leggett, according to the Cailfornia Highway Patrol.

The vehicle is the same kind that the Thottapilly family — 42-year-old Sandeep, 38-year-old Soumya, 12-year-old Siddhant and 9-year-old Saachi — were driving on a road trip from Portland, Ore., back to their home in the Southern California city of Valencia, with a planned stop to see relatives in San Jose.

A notice posted to Facebook stated that relatives last heard from the family Thursday, and reported them missing over the weekend after they did not show up for their scheduled Friday visit.

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The San Jose Police Department confirmed that a missing persons report was filed Sunday involving the Thottapilly family.

They were reportedly traveling in a maroon Honda Pilot, and their last known location was the Klamath-Redwood National and State Parks area, roughly 50 miles north of Eureka. After an SUV matching that description went off the roadway Friday near Dora Creek, first-responders and rescue crews arrived to find the vehicle “was completely submerged in the Eel River” amid heavy rains, the CHP said.