Horror as married couple weeks from celebrating 33rd wedding anniversary are killed when out-of-control speed boat veers out of the water and smashes into a house

This is the horrifying moment a husband and wife are killed as their speedboat races across a river and smashes into a house.

Shocking footage shows Timothy and Julie Mertins, 62 and 61, lose control before mounting the bank on Fox River, McHenry County, Illinois.

The boat speeds up to the land before splitting in half as it wrecks on the property on Country Club Drive on Saturday.

The pair were left trapped under the vessel, with Julie dying on the scene and Timothy passing away on the operating table due to blunt force trauma.

The horror crash came just yards from the couple’s $660,000 waterfront property, which lies just across the river.

Shocking footage shows Timothy and Julie Mertins, 62 and 61, lose control before mounting the bank on Fox River, McHenry County, Illinois

The boat speeds up to the land before splitting in half as it wrecks on the property on Country Club Drive on Saturday

The pair were left trapped under the vessel, with Julie dying on the scene and Timothy (pictured) passing away on the operating table due to blunt force trauma

Witnesses ran to help the trapped couple as Conner Lively told Lake and McHenry County Scanner he heard an unusually loud bang before ran out to check it out.

When Lively, his father and other bystanders arrived at the boat they saw the husband and wife both stuck under the wreckage.

They managed to get Timothy out, but struggled to get Julie to safety as Lively said she was ‘entirely under the boat’.

One witness claimed the couple appeared to be making a tight circle at high speeds when they lost control of the boat.

Witnesses ran to help the trapped couple as Conner Lively told Lake and McHenry County Scanner he heard an unusually loud bang before ran out to check it out

When Lively, his father and other bystanders arrived at the boat they saw the husband and wife both stuck under the wreckage

They managed to get Timothy out, but struggled to get Julie to safety as Lively said she was ‘entirely under the boat’

One witness claimed the couple appeared to be making a tight circle at high speeds when they lost control of the boat

The vessel made a ‘huge circle around, back toward the rocks’ and took a right-hand turn while still going ‘really fast,’ the witness said.

She also added that the boat did not slow down before it went airborne and crashed on shore.

The incident caused the hull of the boat to be separated into two pieces and also resulted in minor damage to the house they hit.

Timothy and Julie were family oriented and were both one of six siblings. They had two children together, Troy and Allison. They would have celebrated 33rd wedding anniversary on October 20.

The vessel made a ‘huge circle around, back toward the rocks’ and took a right-hand turn while still going ‘really fast,’ the witness said

Timothy and Julie lived in a house just off of the Fox Rover (picture above), with the crash occurring just over the water

The boat crash came just yards away from the couple’s $660,000 waterfront home (pictured)

According to the couple’s obituary, Julie was known as a devoted wife, mother, daughter and sister who ‘was selfless and would set her own needs aside if it meant that she could spend time with someone else.

Timothy was a loving husband, father, son and brother who was ‘meticulous about his house, cars, and boat.’

They are remembered as a selfless pair who died doing what they loved. ‘They did everything together from yard work to grocery shopping,’ their obituary read.

‘If Tim was the Captain, Julie was First Mate, and they loved getting out on the water every chance they had.

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