Funeral services are set for this weekend for a married couple, who were just weeks away from their 33rd anniversary, who died in a high-speed boat crash near McHenry.
The vessel cut towards the shoreline of the Fox River in McHenry, Illinois before charging onto the grass and ramming into the property, killing Julie Mertins and her husband.
Illinois couple Julie and Timothy Mertins died after becoming trapped underneath the boat they were traveling in, which reportedly ran aground and split in half as it hit a home