4 Remain in Hospitals After Church Van Crash
Four people remained hospitalized in two counties Saturday after the van crash that killed seven members of an Eagle Rock Pentecostal church and injured seven others.
California Highway Patrol officials say it may take more than a week before they have finished the investigation into why the van driven by a church member swerved across the median and two lanes of traffic on an isolated stretch of U.S. 101 late Thursday before rolling over.
“There’s nothing more we haven’t already hashed out at this point,” CHP Officer Bob Mahon said Saturday.
Two of the victims remained in critical condition at Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo. They are William Duque, 36, of North Hollywood, and Juanita Reyes, 55, of Canoga Park. Five-year-old Aretha Fike of North Hollywood remained in stable condition in Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. And Leu Leonardo Lozado, 66, of North Hollywood, was in stable condition in Atascadero’s Twin Cities Hospital.
Three others who were injured were treated and released. The dead were all women and have been identified by the CHP as Julieta Razon, 41, Merlin Dannan, 30, Pacing Yuson, 70, and Fely Haliburton, 60, all of Los Angeles; Marissa Quibold, 41, of Torrance; Marie Guanzing, 40, of Harbor City; and Aurora Towner, 55, of Carson.
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