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THE PIONEER BRIDGE RISES ON IT. >> THE SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOWING SO FAS TODAY, IT COULD MOVE AN OBJECT 600 FEET IN JUST ONE MINUTE, FAR TOO FAST FOR A RECOVERY OPERATION. >> HE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW. THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM OPERATE JUSTIN’S TOWING IN SACRAMENTO. >> HE SAYS THE GPS DIED LAST NIGHT AT 8:30, THE SAME TIME CHP SAYS A TOW TRUCK DRIVING WEST OVER THE PIONEER BRIDGE WITH HIT BY A BIG RIG AND CATAPULTED INTO THE DARK AND MURKY WATERS BELOW. >> I HOPE THEY GET BACK SAFELY. >> TODAY, OPINION NUMBERS AND FRIENDS LOOKING OVER THE RIVER ANY SIGN THAT THEY MAY HAVE SURVIVED. DIVERS WERE NOT ABLE -- WERE NOT ABLE TO RIVER -- INTO THE RIVER TODAY. THE ACCIDENT RESCUE TEAM TOLD US THAT THIS RECOVERY OPERATION IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES BUT EXPECTED TO HA DIVERS CONNECT THE VEHICLE FROM A TUGBO AND IT CAN BE RETRIEVED BY A TOW TRUCK. AUTHORITIES ARE USING SONAR TO FIND THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE TOW TRUCK. >> WE WILL TRY TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHERE THAT VEHICLE IS IN THE WATER. WHAT WE CAN DO I MARKET #IT. -- MARKET -- MARK I

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A family is seeking answers about two missing people who they believe were in a tow truck that plunged off the Pioneer Bridge and into the Sacramento River Tuesday night.The crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on westbound Highway 50, just west of Interstate 5. The California Highway Patrol said a big rig crashed into the tow truck, catapulting it over the bridge’s guardrail and into the Sacramento River. The bridge is about 100 feet above the river.Shalvinesh Sharma and Roselyn Sharma are the owners and operators of Justin's Towing of Sacramento. Family members believe the married couple was in the tow truck when it fell into the river.Search crews located the tow truck about 30 feet under the water Tuesday night, but had to call off recovery efforts because water conditions were too dangerous, West Sacramento Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Pfeifer said.| RELATED | Tow truck goes into Sacramento River after crash, official saysDonald Singh, Roselyn Sharma's brother, said he fears the worst. The GPS on the couple's tow truck showed they were driving west on Highway 50, toward Pioneer Bridge at the time of the crash. "We located the GPS. It says we lost the signal at 8:30 p.m." Singh said. "The tow truck is in the water, and hopefully we can recover them as soon as possible. But so far, there is no help -- there is no help."Help for the recovery mission has been delayed because the Sacramento River is running too fast on Wednesday for divers to go in the water."River flows are currently estimated to be between 5 and 6 knots; the fast currents allowable in in public safety diving are between 1 and 3 knots," the Sacramento Drowning Accident Rescue Team said in a statement to KCRA. Finding the exact location of the tow truck is challenging in the swift water, so the Sacramento County sheriff's marine unit has been asked to help."One of our boats is equipped with a size-scan sonar unit, and that allows us to scan the water in different ways and get a different angle on maybe an object in the water," Sgt. Shaun Hampton said.In the meantime, it's an agonizing wait for family members hoping that Shalvinesh and Roselyn somehow survived the crash."Are they alive or not? We just want to know that because their kids are waiting," said Usman Batcha, the brother-in-law of Shalvinesh.