Riverside, CAYoshiko Hirooka, 22, and Saya Sonoda, 20, killed, and Maki Tagawa, 22, and Aimi Hayashi, 19, injured in car accident on California Route 111 near Palm Springs, CAAccident Date: Sat, 11/29/2014A female Japanese student studying at Central Washington University was killed in a car accident in southern California on Saturday. Three other female students in the vehicle sustained injuries.