During Tropical Storm Ida on Sept. 1, members of the Hillsborough Police Department responded to multiple incidents involving water rescues of citizens whose vehicles became disabled in quickly rising flood waters.
Once waters began to recede, two vehicles in separate locations were discovered in which the occupants were found deceased.
Cheryl Talke, 61, of Belle Mead, was recovered at Route 206 near the Montgomery border.
Daphnee Francisca Lopez Del Bono, 30, a resident of Santiago, Chile, who resided in Ringoes, was recovered from Amwell Road near North Willow.
According to a GoFundMe page set up for Lopez, “on behalf of Uceda International and Uceda Institute, we started this fund to assist Daphne Lopez’s family in the funeral and transport costs. Daphne was an international student of ours from Chile and tragically died in the flood on Sept. 1, 2021. Please help us help her family by contributing to this fund. The funds will be used to repatriate Daphne’s body back to Chile.”
For information on how to support the Lopez family, visit www.gofundme.com/f/help-with-funeral-and-transport