3 More Fatalities Listed in Air Crash
The names of three more people killed in the Aug. 31 collision of an Aeromexico DC-9 jetliner and a private plane over Cerritos were released Sunday by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office.
The three victims, all aboard the DC-9, were:
- Guadalupe Lopez, 34, Navojoa, Mexico.
- Elizabeth Pena, 11, Los Angeles.
- Hector Valencia, 26, Mexico City, co-pilot.
The names bring the total number of positively identified victims to 62, said coroner’s spokesman Bill Gold. In addition to the 64 people aboard the airliner and three aboard the light plane, at least 14 people were killed on the ground.
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