MARQUETTE -A body recovered from the Carp River is believed to be that of a woman involved in a rollover accident that occurred late Friday night.

At about 2:20 p.m. Saturday, the Marquette City Police Department dive team recovered the body of a female in the Carp River, near the intersection of U.S. 41 and Cliff Power Road, according to a press release. The name of the driver is not being released pending family notification.

Police received a call regarding a rollover accident at about 11:57 p.m. Friday night. Initial investigations showed the vehicle was traveling south on U.S. 41 when it left the roadway and appeared to have rolled several times, landing on an embankment near the river. For several hours on Saturday, the whereabouts of the driver where unknown.

Marquette police were assisted in the investigation and search by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Marquette City Fire Department, Marquette General Hospital EMS and the Chocolay Township Police Department.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

Claire Abent can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 250. Her email address is cabent@miningjournal.net.

Karen Schwarck, 59, of Trillium Heights on Mackinac Island and her sister Edith Bonno, 57, of Canton Township were both pronounced dead at the scene, according to Mackinac Island Police Corp. Andy Dziobak.

“It’s very sad,” said Dziobak. “The victims had been out on a photography excursion Sunday but when they didn’t return by 10:15 (p.m.) last night, Schwarck’s husband reported them missing and a search was organized.”

The bodies of the woman were found about four hours later at the bottom of a steep hill off West Bluff Drive, Dziobak said. The area is west of the Grand Hotel.

Searchers included police, Allied EMS and the Mackinac Island Fire Department, he said. Alcohol was not a factor in the accident, police said.

Schwarck’s husband, Donald, is a former South Lyon city councilman and former high school teacher.

Funeral arrangements were incomplete, according to a police press release.

There have been at least 15 snowmobile deaths reported across Michigan since December 11, 2009, according to state police.