4 college students die in collision

Four college students were killed Saturday when their car collided with an oncoming vehicle on a two-lane Napa Valley highway, the California Highway Patrol said.

The victims, who were pronounced dead at the scene, were identified as Boaz Pak, 20, Luke Nishikawa, 22, Simon Son, 19, and Chong Shin, 20.

All attended Pacific Union College, a four-year liberal arts school in Angwin, a small town in the hills above Napa Valley.

The four were in a Honda Civic that was struck by a Toyota pickup truck. A third vehicle then struck the truck. The truck’s driver, Sandalo Martinez, 28, was hospitalized with serious injuries, officials said. The third driver, Carlos Rio Ortiz, 20, had minor injuries.

According to the school’s website, the students had just finished playing basketball at the college gym and were on their way to get something to eat when the accident occurred about 11:45 p.m.

-- Carla Rivera