'I love you, goodbye': The last words of mother to her daughter after she became in entangled in rope connected to a sinking boat on tubing outing during which her boyfriend planned to propose

  • Tasha Turner, 30, went on a tubing outing with her boyfriend Norris Salah, eight-year-old daughter Genesis, and four other people on Saturday in California
  • Around 6:30pm, the boat lost power and started taking on water 
  • Everyone else got off the boat except Turner, who became entangled in rope connected to the sinking vessel
  • Right before she was pulled under and drowned, Turner handed her daughter off to a jet skiier who was trying to help 
  • She last words to her daughter were allegedly: 'I love you, goodbye'
  • Her boyfriend says he had an engagement ring in his pocket and planned to propose to Turner on the boat  

By Ashley Collman For Dailymail.com

Published: 10:18 EST, 10 August 2017 | Updated: 10:26 EST, 10 August 2017

A 30-year-old woman was just moments away from a marriage proposal on Saturday, when she got caught in rope connected to a sinking boat and drowned in front of her eight-year-old daughter. 

Tasha Turner was celebrating her birthday with friends and family at southern California's Big River Park when the tragedy struck Saturday evening.

Turner, her boyfriend Norris Salah, her daughter Genesis and four others were taken out on on the Colorado River in a boat to go tubing. 

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Tasha Turner, 30 (right), drowning during a tubing trip with her family this weekend. Before she died, she made sure her eight-year-old daughter Genesis (left) got off the boat safely

Tasha Turner, 30 (right), drowning during a tubing trip with her family this weekend. Before she died, she made sure her eight-year-old daughter Genesis (left) got off the boat safely

Dive teams at the scene of the drowned boat on Saturday at Big River Park in California

Dive teams at the scene of the drowned boat on Saturday at Big River Park in California

Turner's boyfriend Norris Salah (right) was on the boat at the time and planned to engage to her on the tubing trip 

But around 6:30pm, the 19-foot closed-bow boat lost power and started taking on water. 

Everyone else was able to get off the sinking vessel except for Turner, who became caught in rope connected to the ship.  

Unable to free herself, Turner handed her daughter off to a jet skier who stopped to help.

'With complete selflessness, she saved her boyfriend who couldn't swim and her daughter Genesis before sinking with the boat,' a GoFundMe page details. 

According to her sister Myesha Turner, who was not on the boat, Turner made sure to say her final goodbyes to her darling daughter. 

Turner and Salah had been together for four years. She reportedly helped him get off the boat since he can't swim

'Before her mom threw her, she gave her a hug and said "I love you. Goodbye,"' Myesha told NBC Los Angeles.

Salah also spoke out in the interview, revealing that he planned to propose to his girlfriend of four years on the boat. He had the diamond ring in his pocket when the it drowned.  

'I love you very much. I love you,' Norris said of his late girlfriend through sobs and tears.

Police say there were seven people on the boat when it drowned in Big River Park on Saturday. 

Turner's last words to her daughter before she drowned were 'I love you, goodbye'

Police are investigating whether there may have been too many people on the boat ta one time

Police are investigating whether there may have been too many people on the boat ta one time

Turner's heartbroken sister Myesha cries in a television interview after her sister's death

Turner's heartbroken sister Myesha cries in a television interview after her sister's death

The boat's operator, Umberto Bagnara, is said to be cooperating with police. 

Law enforcement are still investigating what caused the boat to drown, and are looking into whether too many people may have been on board. 

Anyone with information is being asked to call Deputy William Poe at 760-326-9200.  

The GoFundMe is being used to help raise money for Turner's funeral. Any leftover money will be given to Genesis.  

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