former police officer who was left without the use of his legs following another atv accident 11 years ago , was traveling with a group and driving his friend tina hoisington , 45 , near an overlook at lake pend oreille in bonner county on sunday .
when the group stopped for a photograph around noon , mctevia 's atv got too close to the edge of the 2,000-foot cliff and went over .
a firefighter reached the first victim 's body after rappelling down 500 feet of rock , and the second victim was found 1,100 feet below the edge .