lindsay stewart and brian bond were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to take a boat ride friday night up the hudson river. the small power boat carrying six people hit a construction barge near a bridge. 30-year-old stewart and best man mark lemon were killed. i m the big brother. but his heart was a lot bigger than mine. he s he s he was my rock. bond, the groom, and four others including the boat s driver suffered serious injuries. they seemed very smitten with one another and very much in love. at the home they shared, a makeshift memorial. lindsay stewart s family told cnn, pray for our loss. she s supposed to be married two weeks from today. it just can t end like this. reporter: a tragic ending to what was supposed to be a great night on the eve of a wedding. rather than have the joyful wedding, there will be wakes.
accident reconstruction team. reporter: authorities say the driver of the boat, also a friend of the couple, was intoxicated, charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicle assault. investigators are also looking into claims the barge that the boat hit did not have proper lighting. you put in a movable object that s dark in the path of recreational boaters, you have a recipe for disaster. reporter: lindsey stewart and brian vaughn were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to take a boat ride friday night up the hudson river. the small power boat carrying six people hit a construction barge on the bridge. 30-year-old stewart and best man chris lennon were killed. his heart was bigger than mine. he was my rock. reporter: bond, the groom, and four others, including the boat s driver, suffered serious
reporter: heather, good morning. a boater found the body of mark lennon about a mile south of where we are in the hudson river. he made that discovery at 11:00 yesterday morning shortly after 11:00 yesterday morning. lennon was to have been the best man in the wedding of lindsay stewart and brian bond next month. a total of six people were on board that boat when it hit a construction barge near the tappan zee bridge on friday night. stewart s body was discovered over the weekend on saturday morning. now back to that best man to be. his brother calls him his rock. my heart bleeds for brian and the bond family and the stewart family. words complaint express how deeply sorry we are for them. reporter: just an awful tragedy and now the operator of the body identified as 35-year-old jojo john has been
welcome back to new day, everybody. a second body has been pulled from new york s hudson river after a horrific boating accident friday night. a bride to be and her fiance s best man went missing overnight when their boat slammed into a construction barge in the darkness. now the driver of that boat facing criminal charges. alina cho is live in piermont, new york. good morning, alina. reporter: chris, good morning to you. this was meant to be a celebratory cruise on the water just two weeks before a wedding, but not long after leaving a marina friday night, this boat ride quickly turned fatal. the investigation into friday s horrific boat accident that killed a bride to be and best man will now focus on a timeline, what happened and when. what we re going to do is we re going to bring in an
reporter: authorities say the driver of the boat, also a friend of the couple, was intoxicated, charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault. investigators are also looking into claims the barge that the boat hit did not have proper lighting. you put an immovable object that s dark in the path of recreational boaters, you have a recipe for disaster. reporter: lindsey stewart and brian bond were planning to marry on august 10th. they decided to take a boat ride friday night up the hudson river. the small power boat carrying six people hit a construction barge near a bridge. 30-year-old stewart and best man mark lennon were killed. i m the big brother, but his heart was a lot bigger than mine. he was my rock. reporter: bond, the groom, and four others, including the boat s driver, suffered serious injuries. they seemed very smitten with