Aaliyah Buenrostro Martinez, 17, and Adelaynna G. Ortiz, 3, Annalicia Montoya, 21, Denise Garcia, 19, and Ramiro Garcia, 2, killed in two-vehicle crash on State Route 12 near Rio Vista, California
Two of five victims identified in fatal Highway 12 crash near Rio Vista
The five dead were all in a Honda Civic that was in a passing lane on State Route 12 near Rio Vista about 40 miles southwest of Sacramento at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the California Highway Patrol said.
Trying to get back into her own lane, the driver of the Civic lost control and ended up back in the passing lane, and the oncoming Chevy Silverado slammed into it, CHP Officer Michael Bradley said.
Teen, 3-year-old among 5 killed in Northern California crash
Aaliyah Buenrostro, 17, 3-year-old Adelaynna G. Ortiz of Modesto, and two women died at the scene, authorities said. A 3-year-old boy died a few hours later at a hospital.
Family members mourn five Modestans killed in Highway 12 crash
The GoFundMe pages for the five killed in the crash are at www.gofundme.com/deniseandramiro,www.gofundme.com/eqye37wk and www.gofundme.com/fmstchmw.
Family Says Victims in Highway 12 Crash Were ‘Best Friends’
"A little rambunctious, she liked to have fun, she would come up to us and just make us laugh," said Martinez's older cousin Sabrina Rodriguez. "We did everything together as a family, you know? I don't have sisters, my cousins are my sisters we do everything together."
Rio Vista: Driver in weekend's fatal crash faced DUI charges from September collision
The California Highway Patrol did not indicate whether alcohol or drugs were involved in weekend crash.
Family of Hwy. 12 victim doesn't blame driver for crash
Family members of 17-year-old Aaliyah Buenrostro said they don’t blame the driver for the crash that killed both women and three others. Court records show before the crash Annalicia Montoya was facing DUI charges and child endangerment-related charges.
Family, friends don't blame driver in deadly Hwy. 12 crash
However at a fundraiser Tuesday, Rosanna Martinez, the mother of 17-year-old victim Aaliyah Buenrostro, said she still loves Montoya, her daughter’s best friend, like she’s her own daughter.
“Unfortunately, this time she make a mistake she wasn’t able to fix. I don’t blame [Montoya], I still love her,” Martinez said. “If we could fix it, it would be fixed, but it’s unfixable.”
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