Names Of 3 Murrieta Teens Killed In Tesla Crash Released By Coroner

MURRIETA, CA — The names of three teens killed in a fiery July 8 Tesla crash in the parking lot of Alta Murrieta Elementary School were released Friday.

Pavraj Dhanoa, 16, Daniel Nasraoui, 17, and Shad Suleiman, 16, died in the solo-vehicle wreck at the campus located at 39475 Whitewood Road. All three boys were Murrieta residents, the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner's Bureau reported.

A GoFundMe page established for Daniel had raised more than $14,000 as of Friday morning.

"Daniel would have celebrated his 18th birthday this year and entered his final year of high school," the page read. "There are no words to explain the pain overwhelming all who loved him."

A fourth male teen survived the crash. A GoFundMe page has been established for him. As of Friday morning, the page had raised more than $8,000. According to the site, he was being cared for at a local hospital's burn unit and was in stable but critical condition.

The survivor was not the driver, the Murrieta Police Department reported.

While the deceased victims' names (and the survivor) were noted on remembrance cards being left at a crash-site memorial this week, Friday was the first time officials publicly identified the three.

The wreck occurred just after 11 p.m. A preliminary investigation suggests "excessive speed was a collision factor," according to the police department.

When officers arrived at the scene, the white Tesla sedan was engulfed in flames. One occupant was found outside the vehicle with severe injuries, and three people inside the car — later identified as Pavraj, Daniel and Shad — were pronounced dead at the scene, the law enforcement agency said.

Several bystanders stopped at the crash and rendered life-saving aid to the survivor, according to police.

Although toxicology results were still pending, the Murrieta Police Department said the scope of the crash investigation is no longer focused "on criminal culpability."

Anyone with information about the incident was asked to contact Traffic Investigator Kurt Stickelman at 951-461-6306 or kstickelman@murrietaca.gov or Traffic Bureau Sgt. Steve Whiddon at 951-461-6323 or swhiddon@murrietaca.gov.

The fatal wreck follows a June crackdown by Murrieta police along Whitewood Road. The police department initiated the enforcement operation following a series of fatal and serious injury crashes on the busy Murrieta corridor. Read more: After 2 Fatal Crashes, Injuries, Murrieta's Whitewood Road Under Watch