Aquilino Ojeda, Rey Herrera and Eloina Arango Killed in Crash at Coast Highway and Oceanside Boulevard in Oceanside
Aquilino Ojeda, Rey Herrera, and Eloina Arango Killed in Oceanside Crash at Coast Highway and Oceanside Boulevard
Oceanside, California (February 6, 2019) – Three people killed after a traffic collision Tuesday afternoon in Oceanside have been identified, according to a local news source.
The crash happened a while before 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 4, at Coast Highway and Oceanside Boulevard.
As per the report, a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck was heading southbound on Coast Highway when it broadsided a silver Mazda with six people inside headed eastbound on Oceanside Boulevard. Officials said that the truck ran a red light at the intersection while the sedan had a green light at the time.
The impact ejected two people including a 13-year-old girl out of the back window of the Mazda.
Authorities confirmed that two back-seat passengers in the Mazda identified as adult women were declared dead at the scene while a third person died at the hospital.
The three persons killed in the crash have been identified as 74-year-old Rufina Rodriguez of Oceanside and her two adult daughters 40-year-old Petra Arango of Oceanside and Eloina Arango of Mexico. Petra Arango ejected from the car during the collision was transported to Tri-City Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries. Rodriguez and Eloina were declared dead at the scene.
Four people were injured in the collision and were transported to the hospital for treatment. Two men in the front seats of the Mazda; 82-year-old Aquilino Arango Ojeda of Fallbrook and 43-year-old Rey David Velasco Herrera of Oceanside were trapped in the wreckage. They were extricated by firefighters and were taken to trauma centers for treatment of moderate injuries.
Officials said that it appeared that none of the family members was wearing seat belts at the time of the collision.
The truck driver, Mason Fish, 19, was not hurt in the collision. Medics evaluated him at the scene and released him. Police later arrested Fish for driving under the influence of a controlled substance.
The suspect was booked into county jail in Vista on three counts each of gross vehicular manslaughter and DUI resulting in bodily injury, along with a misdemeanor count of possession of an undisclosed type of controlled substance. He was being held in lieu of $602,000 bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Thursday.
Authorities closed Coast highway at Eucalyptus to the north and Godfrey Street to the south following the collision.
An investigation is ongoing.
Our sincere sympathies go to the family and friends of the deceased persons. We wish them courage during these trying moments of losing their loved one.
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