On Tuesday, June 30th, the California Highway Patrol identified the four people who lost their lives in a single-vehicle crash in Templeton, California. The victims who are all in their early twenties are Kegin York, 22, Taylan Perez, 22, Shelby Biaggini, 23, and Karen Montescabrera, 21.
York, who is from Creston, was the only male occupant of the crashed vehicle, and the driver. Perez and Montescabrera are residents of Paso Robles, while Biaggini was from Bend, Oregon.
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The car accident report released by the CHP placed the time of the crash at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday, June 29th. The male motorist was driving a 2007 Infinity when he overtook a slower vehicle on Neal Springs and accelerated at top speed. He suddenly applied the brake causing the car to rotate and spin uncontrollably.
The Infinity went down a ditch and struck an oak tree. Cal Fire initially reported three people in the wrecked car but updated it to four around 10:45 p.m. The collision killed the four occupants despite the use of seatbelts, and the investigators said one of the victims was ejected from the vehicle.
The CHP believes that speed was the primary cause of the accident, but they are still investigating to see if there are other contributing elements. They used the incident to reiterate to drivers the importance of maintaining the legal speed limit, the danger of illegally overtaking another car, and asked them to make safety a top priority.
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