STAFF REPORTS
Chino – On Fri., Oct. 3, at approximately 8:45 p.m., the Chino Police Department responded to a multiple vehicle collision on Pine Avenue, between Meadowhouse and Mill Creek avenues.
The City of Chino has reported that three vehicles were involved, two of which were engulfed in flames. The collision resulted in five confirmed fatalities.
Physical evidence and eyewitness statements indicate the driver of a 2000 Chevrolet pickup was traveling at an unsafe speed at the time of the collision. The driver lost control of the vehicle and crossed into the eastbound lane of traffic colliding with a 2013 Honda that was driving eastbound on Pine Avenue.
The third vehicle, a 2002 Honda Civic, driven by Oscar Flores, 36, of Ontario, was traveling eastbound on Pine Avenue behind the 2013 Honda Accord. The vehicles collided when the Chevrolet truck and the Honda Accord traveled westbound on Pine Avenue in the eastbound lane. Flores suffered minor injuries and was treated and released at the scene.
The four occupants of the Chevrolet truck who were killed in the collision have been identified as Andrew Anthony Deleon, 19, of Eastvale; Alex Emiliano Horta, 19, of Eastvale; Nathan Dominguez, 19, of Eastvale; and Nathaniel Trinidad Marin, 20, also of Eastvale.
The driver of the 2013 Honda Accord, who was also killed, has been identified as Luis Ayala Mendoza, 47, of Corona.
This collision is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chino Police Department at (909) 628-1234.
