"We were gonna graduate together. We were gonna go to prom together," said a friend of a high school senior killed in a crash over the weekend.
Lucia Lopez, 17, was one of five people ejected from a vehicle onto Highway 94 near College Grove Way Sunday morning. She died later at Scripps-Mercy Hospital. California Highway Patrol officers said the car went up onto an embankment and rolled several times. No one was wearing a seat belt.
Julio Ruelas, 22, and Ramon Garcia Junior,19, both of San Diego, were also killed in the crash. Two others were injured.
Today, a group of about a dozen friends of Lopez's gathered at Scripps Mercy hospital for a small memorial. They say she planned to graduate from Crawford High School this spring.
"She was gonna graduate with a 4.0 (grade point average), and that's really what her goal was always," said Elizabether Flores, a friend of Lopez's.
Her friends are planning some sort of fundraiser to help the family.
CHP investigators say there is evidence to indicate alcohol may have played a role in the crash. They'll wait for toxicology tests before they can be sure.
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"I hope we all take it in mind now and think about what we do," said Flores.
