PLUMERVILLE (AP) — The great-grandmother of three boys who drowned in an Arkansas lake said Monday their mother missed a turn while traveling home after a night out with friends and plunged into the water from an unfamiliar road that had been converted into a boat ramp.

The local sheriff said the mother’s story has checked out so far and there was no indication of foul play.

In the aftermath of Sunday’s accident at Lake Brewer, the boys’ mother left town to seek funeral suits and well-wishers began erecting memorials at the water’s edge.

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