Overview

• Authorities say a southbound van entered Avenue 7 after running a stop sign and was broadsided by a westbound big rig pulling double trailers.
• A 6-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy were ejected and not properly restrained, and a 17-year-old girl who was also not properly restrained was trapped in the van.
• All three children died, with the boy pronounced at the scene and the girls later at hospitals, according to CHP and local reports.
• A GoFundMe identified the victims as Jezzy, 17, James, 15, and Serenity, 6, though CHP has not formally released the names.
• Three adult occupants of the van and the truck driver were hospitalized with moderate to major injuries, and residents have placed memorials and called for safety upgrades at Road 24 and Avenue 7.