GILROY (KRON) – Gilroy students and staff wore black Thursday at Christopher High School as they mourned the loss of four students killed as result of the suspected DUI crash Tuesday night.
Officers responded to the Leavesley Road accident in Gilroy and found a 1997 Ford Mustang on its roof and five people inside. Four of them, three females and a male, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The driver of the Mustang, Anthony Imbronone III, 23, survived the wreck and was taken to Regional Medical Center of San Jose with major injuries.
Investigators determined he had been driving under the influence of alcohol and arrested him on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter, then released him for further treatment at the hospital, CHP said.
According to CHP it appears as if speeding and alcohol were factors. The car seems to have lost control on the roadway and veered off into a ravine at high speeds.
The deadly crash comes days after a teenage girl was killed when the car she was riding struck a tree not far from Tuesday night’s incident.
Natalia Salcido, 15, was a passenger in the crash that happened in the 6300 block of Miller Avenue in Gilroy around 10 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The two other teens involved in Saturday’s accident were able to walk away from the crash without injury, but Natalia suffered major trauma and later died of her injuries, according to police.