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On October 3, 2014, the Eastvale community suffered a huge loss when several kids lost their lives in a horrific traffic collission in the city of Chino. In an effort to show support, we are banding together as a community, to show support for our fallen four. We hope the families will find God's peace through these very difficult days. Thank you for your support.
They were an inseparable quartet.
Andrew De Leon, Nathan Dominguez, Alex Horta and Nathaniel Marin had a friendship that endured until their lives met a tragic ending.
The four pals were killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday night in Chino.
They were in a Chevrolet extended-cab pickup that was in flames when officers arrived at the scene of the collision on Pine Avenue. Luis Ayala Mendoza, 47, of Corona – the lone occupant of a 2013 Honda Accord – also was killed. The only person in the third vehicle, a 2002 Honda Civic, was not seriously injured.
The Chino Police Department is investigating.
Two days after the crash, several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, where the four young men were recent graduates.
Students, faculty and parents gathered around the flagpole in front of the school to pay their respects. Flowers and candles adorned the base of the pole, along with messages of love and support.
Friends took turns speaking to the large crowd, which included members of the Eastvale City Council and Corona-Norco Unified School District.
Ryan Vargas, 20, said he knew Dominguez, Horta and De Leon for seven years and Marin for nine. He said he was roommates with Marin his freshman year at San Diego State University.
Marin was a 2012 Roosevelt graduate, while the others graduated in 2013, Vargas said.
“The four friends had a bond like no other,” Vargas told the crowd. “I’m proud to call them my brothers. They were always there for each other. … I’ve never felt more honored in my life to love four brave gentlemen.”
During tough times, they would met at Horta’s house, sit on the couch and talk, Vargas recalled.
“It would always bring your spirits up,” he said.
In an interview, Vargas said he will remember having “deep conversations in the middle of the night, watching Netflix and grabbing food together.”
They made memories playing in the band in middle and high school, friends said. - Courtesy of Press Enterprise
They were an inseparable quartet.
Andrew De Leon, Nathan Dominguez, Alex Horta and Nathaniel Marin had a friendship that endured until their lives met a tragic ending.
The four pals were killed in a three-vehicle crash Friday night in Chino.
They were in a Chevrolet extended-cab pickup that was in flames when officers arrived at the scene of the collision on Pine Avenue. Luis Ayala Mendoza, 47, of Corona – the lone occupant of a 2013 Honda Accord – also was killed. The only person in the third vehicle, a 2002 Honda Civic, was not seriously injured.
The Chino Police Department is investigating.
Two days after the crash, several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Eastvale, where the four young men were recent graduates.
Students, faculty and parents gathered around the flagpole in front of the school to pay their respects. Flowers and candles adorned the base of the pole, along with messages of love and support.
Friends took turns speaking to the large crowd, which included members of the Eastvale City Council and Corona-Norco Unified School District.
Ryan Vargas, 20, said he knew Dominguez, Horta and De Leon for seven years and Marin for nine. He said he was roommates with Marin his freshman year at San Diego State University.
Marin was a 2012 Roosevelt graduate, while the others graduated in 2013, Vargas said.
“The four friends had a bond like no other,” Vargas told the crowd. “I’m proud to call them my brothers. They were always there for each other. … I’ve never felt more honored in my life to love four brave gentlemen.”
During tough times, they would met at Horta’s house, sit on the couch and talk, Vargas recalled.
“It would always bring your spirits up,” he said.
In an interview, Vargas said he will remember having “deep conversations in the middle of the night, watching Netflix and grabbing food together.”
They made memories playing in the band in middle and high school, friends said. - Courtesy of Press Enterprise