3 Victims ID'd In Fatal OC Crash That Killed 5

SANTA ANA, CA — Orange County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday released the names of three of the five victims killed in a weekend vehicle crash in Orange County.

The victims identified were 17-year-old Natalia Vidal Zarate, 18-year-old Emanuel Gonzalez Martinez and 20-year-old Arely Robles, all of Santa Ana, Orange County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Gerard McCann told City News Service.

The crash was reported at 11:25 p.m. Saturday on Segerstrom Avenue, between Raitt and Greenville streets, according to a previous Patch report.

A four-door Lexus sedan had been speeding westbound on Segerstrom Avenue when it hit a tree, the Santa Ana Police Department reported.

The driver was among the victims killed in the crash, police said.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Two wounded individuals were taken to a hospital, and Santa Ana police confirmed Monday that a fifth person had died.

Two of the people in the vehicle were adults and four were teens who attended high schools in Santa Ana, police said. In addition, some of the victims were related and five of the people in the vehicle were female, police said.

The investigation of the cause of the crash remained "very preliminary," but "they think speed is one of the main factors," Officer Natalie Garcia of the SAPD told City News Service.

City News Service contributed to this report.