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Fatal crash in Bishop, California (Mike Bodine/The Inyo Register / August 10, 2010) |
BISHOP, Calif. -- A fiery crash involving vans carrying cross-country teams from a local high school and a university
killed three people and left 16 injured near the eastern Sierra Nevada.
Four people remained hospitalized in extremely critical condition, California Highway Patrol Officer Dennis Cleland said.
California Baptist University cheerleading coach Wendy Rice, 35, of Corona died when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle struck the van she was driving.
The team was headed to a high-altitude training camp in Mammoth on Monday night, the Riverside school said.
Most of the injured students are from the Inland Empire.
Alicia Cantanese from Corona and Rebecca Trupp from Riverside sustained major injuries.
Other students suffered minor injuries: Alyssa Neimeyer from Temecula; David Solis from Corona; Brenda Perez from Riverside; Jennifer McGuire from Stevenson Ranch; Jonathan Monteon from Chino; Jonathan Hernandez from Moreno Valley; Hanna Ingulsrud from Ontario; Kayla Beaudoin from Corona; Miguel Gonzalez from Hacienda Heights.
Five people were inside the Ford Expedition that crossed the center-divider line; two of those were killed.
They were reportedly both recent graduates of a Catholic school in San Diego.
They were identified as Amanda Post and Natalie Nield in a notice posted on the school's website by Principal Michael Deely.
The other three occupants sustained third-degree burns.
"This is a severe shock to all of us and our prayers are with our family and friends affected by this tragedy," Deely said.
The close-knit university community also was trying to cope with the grief and shock caused by the worst single accident in its history.
Officials worked on a crisis response, and a memorial service could be held later.
"This kind of tragedy touches us in many ways," university spokesman Mark Wyatt said.
Rice was starting her third year at the school, Wyatt said. She left a husband and two children.
"She was remembered for being loving and very caring," Wyatt said. "And in fact, she was helping out with the cross-country team as a driver."
The cause of the crash remained under investigation, but there was no evidence that alcohol or drugs were involved, Cleland said.
Three vans carrying about 45 members of the men's and women's cross-country teams at the university were on northbound U.S. Highway 395 a few miles from Bishop when the southbound Ford SUV with five people inside drifted onto the shoulder.
Four people remained hospitalized in extremely critical condition, California Highway Patrol Officer Dennis Cleland said.
California Baptist University cheerleading coach Wendy Rice, 35, of Corona died when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle struck the van she was driving.
The team was headed to a high-altitude training camp in Mammoth on Monday night, the Riverside school said.
Most of the injured students are from the Inland Empire.
Alicia Cantanese from Corona and Rebecca Trupp from Riverside sustained major injuries.
Other students suffered minor injuries: Alyssa Neimeyer from Temecula; David Solis from Corona; Brenda Perez from Riverside; Jennifer McGuire from Stevenson Ranch; Jonathan Monteon from Chino; Jonathan Hernandez from Moreno Valley; Hanna Ingulsrud from Ontario; Kayla Beaudoin from Corona; Miguel Gonzalez from Hacienda Heights.
Five people were inside the Ford Expedition that crossed the center-divider line; two of those were killed.
They were reportedly both recent graduates of a Catholic school in San Diego.
They were identified as Amanda Post and Natalie Nield in a notice posted on the school's website by Principal Michael Deely.
The other three occupants sustained third-degree burns.
"This is a severe shock to all of us and our prayers are with our family and friends affected by this tragedy," Deely said.
The close-knit university community also was trying to cope with the grief and shock caused by the worst single accident in its history.
Officials worked on a crisis response, and a memorial service could be held later.
"This kind of tragedy touches us in many ways," university spokesman Mark Wyatt said.
Rice was starting her third year at the school, Wyatt said. She left a husband and two children.
"She was remembered for being loving and very caring," Wyatt said. "And in fact, she was helping out with the cross-country team as a driver."
The cause of the crash remained under investigation, but there was no evidence that alcohol or drugs were involved, Cleland said.
Three vans carrying about 45 members of the men's and women's cross-country teams at the university were on northbound U.S. Highway 395 a few miles from Bishop when the southbound Ford SUV with five people inside drifted onto the shoulder.
