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Austin Turner and Omar Lewis
A Rancho Cucamonga group is in mourning Saturday after a horrific car crash claimed the lives of a brother and sister within the late afternoon on Friday.
Elias and Sarah Cruz, 17 and 14 respectively, had been killed when Elias, who was driving, misplaced management of a automobile round 4:25 p.m. Friday earlier than crashing right into a pole after which a tree within the space of Wilson and Haven Avenues. Each teenagers, student-athletes at Los Osos High School, had been pronounced useless on the scene.
A 3rd teen, 17, was additionally within the automobile. He was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening accidents.
Within the wake of the unthinkable, Elias and Sarah’s father Rey Cruz spoke to KTLA 5’s Omar Lewis on Saturday morning as a big crowd gathered on the crash website to pay their respects.
“They had been our every thing,” Rey stated. “They had been the explanation we get up within the morning, for our youngsters. They’ll nonetheless be the driving pressure in our lives going ahead.”
Elias was a junior and performed for the Los Osos baseball crew. Sarah, however, performed volleyball and softball on the college.
Dozens of buddies, household, teammates and the Los Osos Excessive Faculty group gathered in help of the Cruz household on Saturday. Rey stated all his son wished in life was to be included, and the huge crowd confirmed the group’s love for the pair of teenagers.
“I spoke with the group earlier and I stated I appreciated the help,” Rey stated. “I reminded all people, the mother and father and the youngsters, let’s be an inclusive group — not an unique group … Let this not let this be in useless, let’s study from it.”
The factor Rey will miss most about his kids shocked him, he stated.
“I’m going to overlook their combating,” he stated with a smile and fun. “The noise while you hear them going upstairs, one goes into the opposite ones room and them combating and yelling — don’t take it without any consideration.”
The Cruz household began a GoFundMe fundraiser on Friday evening, asking for group contributions for funeral prices. As of 10:30 a.m. Saturday, about $8,250 of the $30,000 objective had been raised.
