O.C. School Mourns for a Second Time

Tempted by an expensive and fast car, two Orange County teenagers took a red 2004 Ferrari for a spin early Sunday morning, police said.

The men, both 19, didn’t get far.

Just around a bend from the Anaheim Hills home of relatives, Brian Doyel lost control of the car and struck a tree, killing himself and his friend, Christopher Goessling, both 2004 graduates of Servite High School in Anaheim, officials said.

The crash marks the second time in three months that a Servite student or recent graduates have been killed in car accidents.

Doyel was house-sitting for his aunt and uncle and did not have permission to take the Ferrari, police said. Police did not release the names of the aunt and uncle.

Doyel, of Anaheim, was speeding when the special-edition sports car hit a curve on Nohl Ranch Road near Meats Avenue about 2 a.m, police said. The car skidded across all four lanes before it struck a tree and burst into flames.

“This vehicle just got away from them, especially in the curve around the roadway,” said Sgt. Rick Martinez, spokesman for the Anaheim Police Department. “They were driving too fast for that roadway.”

The men were burned beyond recognition and were identified through dental records Monday by the Orange County coroner’s office.

On Monday, friends gathered at the crash site with flowers, candles and pictures of the two friends. On Sunday about 300 friends and family members had gathered in the school’s theater to say a rosary.

“It’s a tragedy,” said Louie Alcala, 19, of Anaheim, a Servite graduate who had classes with both victims. “These guys had so much going for them.”

Doyel was on the track and soccer teams at Servite and was active in the youth ministry at the Roman Catholic parish of San Antonio de Padua in Anaheim Hills, school officials said. He was a sophomore at Concordia University in Irvine.

At Servite, Goessling, of Placentia, was involved in football, baseball and played the saxophone at the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremonies, school officials said. He had attended Irvine Valley College, where he had been a freshman defender on the soccer team, said Head Coach Martin McGrogan. He was to transfer to Chapman University in the fall and play on the soccer team.

The deaths came as students and faculty members were recovering from the May 26 accident that killed Jonathan Schulte, 16, a popular volleyball player and Servite student, and his girlfriend, Gillian Sabet, 17, on the way to a school dance.

“This time there’s clearly an additional impact,” said Frank Talarico, a Servite vice president. “We ended the school year this way, and now we start the school year this way.”

Services for Doyel and Goessling are pending.