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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The victims killed in a deadly crash in Anaheim have now been identified, as family and friends gathered at a candlelight vigil to honor their lives. Loved ones remember a 14-year-old high school freshman and a 70-year-old great-grandfather, both killed in a violent early morning collision that police say was caused by a driver running a red light.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 12:45 a.m. Tuesday near Anaheim Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue.<\/p>\n
Authorities say a silver Infiniti sedan was seen driving erratically near Harbor Boulevard and Cypress Street. An officer followed the car, but “didn\u2019t even get a chance to pull it over” before the driver turned off the headlights and sped away.<\/p>\n
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Anaheim multi-car crash leaves 2 dead, several critically injured<\/a><\/p>\n Moments later, police say the Infiniti ran a red light at Lincoln Avenue, crashing into three other vehicles.<\/p>\n One of those vehicles was a red Toyota Camry driven by 70-year-old Alberto Viveros Piedra of Orange. He was killed at the scene. Family members say he was on his way home from work.<\/p>\n A\u00a0second victim has been identified as 14-year-old Andrew Joseph Sanchez of Anaheim, a freshman at Anaheim High School. Investigators say he was sitting in the front passenger seat of the Infiniti at the time of the crash and died at the scene.<\/p>\n The driver of the Infiniti was hospitalized in critical condition, and two teenage girls in the backseat were also taken to the hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n Family and friends gathered Tuesday night at the crash site, lighting candles, leaving photos, and sharing memories during a vigil for both victims.<\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n “The officer didn\u2019t even get a chance to pull it over,” Sgt. Matt Sutter said. “The driver turned off the lights and sped away.”<\/p>\n Anaheim Police officials stress officers were not in pursuit when the crash happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n What we don’t know:<\/p>\n Investigators have not released additional details about the driver of the Infiniti.<\/p>\n It remains unclear why the driver fled from officers or whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.<\/p>\n Police say the driver could face charges depending on the outcome of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information from interviews with the victims’ families and the Anaheim Police Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n Anaheim<\/a>Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. – The victims killed in a deadly crash in Anaheim have now been identified, as family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1184,2042,100,611,1181],"class_list":["post-246836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-ca","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246836","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=246836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}