Updated 6:30 p.m.: revised to include the victims' identities.

The bodies of two people reported missing Tuesday were recovered Wednesday morning from a vehicle that was driven into a creek near Denton.

The vehicle was found upside down in the water around 8 a.m. near Hickory Creek Road and Country Club Road south of Denton, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonny Haschel said. The two boys inside died at the scene, Haschel said.

The victims were identified as Diego Rivera, 17, and his little brother Daniel Rivera, 14. Both were students in Denton ISD.

The teenage brothers who had gone out Tuesday to look for a watch the older boy had lost and hadn't been heard from since, family members told KXAS-TV (NBC 5).

Theyof the car had been missing since Tuesday, according to KTVT-TV (Channel 11).

State troopers believe Diego was driving the vehicle, a white 2002 Volkswagen Gulf, had been headed east on Hickory Creek Road when it left the road for an undetermined reason, Haschel said.

Denton police, fire-rescue personnel and state troopers were at the scene.

Staff writer Sara Coello contributed to this report.