Another victim identified of the 5 killed in single-car crash in Santa Ana

Authorities Wednesday identified another of the five people killed in a weekend traffic crash in Santa Ana.

The fourth victim officially identified is 16-year-old Jacqueline Torres Zarate of Santa Ana, according to Sgt. Gerard McCann of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The three other victims identified earlier this week were 17-year-old Natalia Vidal Zarate, 18-year-old Emanuel Gonzalez Martinez and 20-year-old Arely Robles, all of Santa Ana, according to McCann.

Martinez was behind the wheel in the crash, according to Officer Natalie Garcia of the Santa Ana Police Department.

A 13-year-old girl is on life support and is not expected to survive, and a 15-year-old girl was fighting for her life, Garcia said.

The crash, which remains under investigation, occurred at about 11:25 p.m. Saturday on Segerstrom Avenue, between Raitt and Greenville streets, a few blocks west of Carl Thornton Park, according to police.

A four-door Lexus sedan had been speeding westbound on Segerstrom Avenue and struck a tree, according to Garcia.

Four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Paramedics rushed two others 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, Garcia said. In addition, some of the victims were related and five of the people in the vehicle were female, Garcia said.

The investigation of the cause of the crash remained “very preliminary,” but “they think speed is one of the main factors,” Garcia added.