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The two high school students killed in a fiery crash in southeast Sacramento County Sunday have been identified by family and friends on social media as Ariyonna Orozco, 16, and Piper Conkling, 14. A vigil is planned for Friday in remembrance of the two girls.<\/p>\n
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The Friday vigil for two teenage girls<\/a> killed in the fiery crash near Rancho Murieta on Sunday<\/a> has been moved to a south Sacramento park to accommodate what organizers described as a \u201cbig outpour of support\u201d from the Elk Grove and Sacramento communities.<\/p>\n Ariyonna Orozco, 16, and Piper Conkling, 14, were out for a late-night drive with three friends when their car struck a tree just north of Latrobe Road and caught fire. Emergency responders pronounced Orozco and Conkling dead at the scene.<\/p>\n Samantha Lin, Orozco\u2019s close family friend, initially planned to hold the vigil at her Valley Hi \/ North Laguna home<\/a>. But the response prompted her to move the event to North Laguna Creek Park, she said in a Tuesday phone interview.<\/p>\n The vigil will take place at 8:30 p.m. on Friday at the park, located at 6400 Jacinto Ave. at Center Parkway.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re trying to set up a slideshow, pictures, candles. If people want to bring something, that will be given to their families\u201d Lin said. \u201cThey touched a lot of lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Orozco and Conkling had not been publicly identified by the Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office as of Thursday. Their families were awaiting additional information about the crash as the investigation continued, according to Lin.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was an amazing girl,\u201d Lin said about Orozco. \u201cShe was so bubbly and funny. She loved her friends so hard. She was such a good sister and big sister.\u201d<\/p>\n Conkling\u2019s family has yet to speak publicly about their daughter\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n Orozco, a former Pleasant Grove High School student, was attending River Valley High School in Yuba City. Conkling attended Pleasant Grove High School, according to Lin.<\/p>\n Students at Pleasant Grove High School gathered at the school\u2019s entrance Monday to leave flowers and pay their respects. On Wednesday, the school\u2019s official Instagram account shared photos<\/a> of the memorial at the front gates, including signs that read \u201cOnce an Eagle, Always an Eagle\u201d and \u201cForever in Our Hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n The girls\u2019 three companions, who were sitting in the rear seats, were taken to nearby trauma centers with moderate to severe injuries. The students, all of whom attend schools in the Elk Grove Unified School District, had not been publicly identified, and no updates on their conditions were available.<\/p>\n This story was originally published May 20, 2026 at 11:21 AM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_2354_261905_JV_Accident_RM.jpg\" "\\"SAC_2354_261905_JV_Accident_RM.jpg\\"")
A memorial to high school students Ariyonna Orozco, 16, and Piper Conkling, 14, stands on Scott Road near Rancho Murieta on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The teens died after their vehicle crashed into a tree and caught fire days before. Three other teens were injured. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com <\/p>\n