{"id":193754,"date":"2026-02-25T22:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193754\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:38:14","slug":"brother-and-sister-were-among-the-4-killed-in-fiery-wreck-at-long-beach-airport-underpass-long-beach-post-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193754\/","title":{"rendered":"Brother and sister were among the 4 killed in fiery wreck at Long Beach Airport underpass \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>County authorities on Tuesday identified the other three people killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p>The wreck happened around 1:20 a.m. Saturday on Lakewood Boulevard, where it passes under the Long Beach Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preliminary investigation revealed (a) 2008 Honda Accord was traveling southbound on Lakewood Boulevard from Spring Street when the vehicle hit the center median curb,\u201d according to an LBPD statement. \u201cThe vehicle lost control and hit the underpass center support wall and (was) engulfed in flames.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters found a woman outside the vehicle, and she died at the scene despite lifesaving efforts, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office identified her Monday as 22-year-old Amber Delgado of Huntington Park, who died from blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n<p>Three additional occupants \u2014 another woman and two men \u2014 were founddead inside the burned vehicle, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The medical examiner identified them Tuesday as Isabel Acevedo, 22, Caleb Gainer, 22, and Brian Delgado, 28. All three sustained fatal blunt force trauma. Brian Delgado also suffered burns and smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-loving-memory-of-brian-and-amber-funeral-fund?cdn-cache=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fundraiser for their family<\/a> said Brian Delgado and Amber Delgado were siblings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmber was in the final stages of completing her nursing clinicals, just steps away from achieving her dream of becoming a registered nurse,\u201d according to the fundraising page. \u201cShe worked tirelessly, dedicating herself to a profession rooted in compassion and care. Her desire to heal and serve others reflected the depth of her heart. Her future was filled with purpose and promise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian was a respected manager at AutoZone, known for his leadership, reliability, and strong work ethic. He took pride in providing for his family and leading by example. Brian was protective, loyal, and dependable \u2014 someone others could count on without hesitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said they\u2019re investigating speed and impairment as possible factors in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The LBPD told ABC7 the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate whether broader safety issues were involved and plans to issue a preliminary report within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information that might help investigators was asked to call LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Ashley Van Holland at 562-570-7355 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"County authorities on Tuesday identified the other three people killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash in Long Beach.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-193754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}