Boys & Girls Club of Capo Valley Raising Funds for Families of Teens who Died in Crash

Originally posted at 10:09 p.m. Oct. 15, 2014. Edited to correct information.

The Boys & Girls Club of Capistrano Valley announced today it is helping raise money for the families of two teenagers killed in a car crash in Irvine.

Brandon Alejandro Moreno of Mission Viejo and Jennifer Campos were longtime members of the organization.

Moreno belonged to the club for six years and was an eighth-grader at Carl Hankey K-8 School and was a standout soccer player. Jennifer, who lived in Aliso Viejo, attended Laguna Hills High School and had recently celebrated her quinceanera. She enjoyed practicing dancing at the club.

The Boys & Girls Club was taking donations through its website at bgccapo.com.

Also killed in the Oct. 4 crash were Jennifer Bahena, 14, of Laguna Hills, Alejandro Sotelo, 14, of San Juan Capistrano and Matthew Ivan Melo, 15, of Mission Viejo.

The crash occurred on the southbound side of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway south of the Route 133 toll road about 2:12 a.m. when the white 1995 BMW flew off the freeway and caught fire, according to the CHP.

The front end of the BMW apparently drifted off the roadway and struck a metal guardrail, according to the CHP.

“Due to the speed, the vehicle continued in a southerly direction up an overcrossing embankment and came to rest on the top of a concrete retaining wall,” according to the CHP. The car and its five passengers were engulfed in fire.

The driver reportedly told rescuers the group had been returning from a late-night trip to Knott’s Berry Farm.

Only the driver -- identified in news reports at 16-year-old Bradley Morales of Laguna Niguel -- survived. Investigators conducted measurements of the roadway, closing off one lane, on Tuesday at the site of the crash.

Catch up with all the crash-related news on Patch:

• 5 Teens Die in Fiery Crash on I-5 -- Updated, 3 Boys ID’d by Soccer Coach
• Victims of I-5 Crash Went to Mission Viejo Schools
• Candlelight Vigil Planned at Capo Sunday for Crash Victims
• Driver in Irvine Crash that Killed 5 Teens Identified
• Candlelight Vigil: ‘We’re All Together. We’re Going to Get Through This. I have No Words’
• Teen Crash: Unlicensed Driver Took Relative’s Car, Officials Say
• Soccer Club to Host Fundraiser for Families of Victims of Irvine Crash
• VIDEO: Soccer Team that Lost 2 Players in Crash Plays First Game Without
• Vigil and Funeral Mass Planned for Two Teens Killed in Irvine Crash

--City News Service

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