A toddler and two adults using in a church van had been killed this week when a suspected drunk driver crashed into the van and different automobiles in Placentia, authorities mentioned.
A number of passengers on their means residence from Bible research had been ejected from the massive white van within the crash, which occurred about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, in accordance with the Placentia Police Division.
Authorities pronounced Alberto Vicente Lopez, 36, and Gregoria Ramirez, 65, useless on the scene.
Two kids had been taken to Youngsters’s Hospital of Orange County, the place one among them, 10-year-old Lucero Lopez, died, Sgt. Joe Connell informed the Orange County Register. Lucero was the stepdaughter of Alberto Lopez.
Three different folks with critical accidents had been additionally transported to UCI Medical Heart.
The motive force of the black sedan, 24-year-old Mario Armando Paz Jr., was arrested on suspicion of felony driving below the affect, police mentioned.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
