SAN FRANCISCO: The mother of Travis Kalanick, founder of the on-demand ride service Uber, was killed in a boating accident and his father was seriously hurt, authorities and a company official said on Saturday.

An initial investigation showed that Bonnie Kalan­ick, 71, died after the boat she was in struck a rock in Pine Flat Lake near the central California city of Fre­sno, the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office said in a statement.

“Last night Travis and his family suffered an unspeakable tragedy. His mother passed away in a devastating boating accident near Fre­s­no and his father is in serious condition,” an Uber representative said in a statement.

“Our thoughts and pray­ers are with Travis and his family in this heartbreaking time.” Authorities responding to a call of a boating accident found Kalanick’s parents on the shore of the lake.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2017