The Medical Examiner’s office Saturday released the names of three people killed when they were ejected from a pickup truck that accelerated into the path of another pickup truck near Lancaster.
The three people pronounced dead at the scene were identified as 38-year-old Vanessa Gonzalez-Gabriel, 49-year-old Abdias Gabriel-Fernandez and 12-year-old Ruby Gabriel.
The crash was reported at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of state Route 138 (West Avenue D) and 110th Street West in Antelope Acres, according to the California Highway Patrol.
They were in a Chevrolet Colorado that accelerated from a stop sign into the path of a Dodge Ram 3500, the CHP said.
A second juvenile in the Colorado was taken by ambulance to Antelope Valley Medical center and rushed into surgery, the CHP said. The Dodge driver was taken to the same hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The crash was caught on video from another vehicle, the CHP said. No criminal charges would be filed.
It was the second major crash in the Lancaster area in the span of several hours on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, a Rosamond-bound transit bus left Sierra Highway near Avenue C and ended up on its side atop railroad tracks, critically injuring the driver, who was apparently knocked out by an object that pierced the windshield before the bus went off the side of the road.
As many as 30 people were aboard the bus, and some 15 of them were injured in the crash, though less seriously than the driver.