NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Wednesday the Glenn County Sheriff's Office released the name of the final victim it had been endeavoring to identify from a deadly April 10 wreck on Interstate 5.
The fiery crash – which occurred near Orland – involved a FedEx semi, a motorcoach carrying Southern California high school students to an event at Humboldt State and a Nissan Altima. It left 10 people and 34 more injured, according to the numerous agencies involved in the investigation.
Glenn County Sheriff-Coroner Larry Jones identified the last crash victim as 19-year-old Adrian Castro, a senior at El Monte High School. Jones said the identification process had to be completed using DNA.
Last week, Jones had released the names of eight other crash fatalities, including FedEx semi driver Timothy Paul Evans, 32, of Elk Grove; Talalelei Feleni Lealao-Taiao, 53, of Sacramento, driver of the 2014 Setra motorcoach; chaperones Mattison Leatrice Haywood, 25, of Chino and Michael Lee Myvett Jr., 29, of Los Angeles; and students Ismael Jimenez, 18, of Inglewood; Jennifer Caroline Bonilla, 17, of Los Angeles, a student at Dorsey High School; Denise Eraina Gomez, 18, of Inglewood, a student at Animo Charter High School; and Marisa Elaine Serrato, 17, of Riverside, a student at Norte Vista High School.
Humboldt State identified the 10th victim as Arthur Arzola, one of its admissions staffers who was traveling with the students.
Agencies including the California Highway Patrol and National Transportation Safety Board are continuing in-depth investigations into the causes of the crash. In the case of the NTSB, a report is not expected for several months.
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