{"id":384742,"date":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384742\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:59:16","slug":"woman-pregnant-with-twins-dies-in-apple-valley-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/384742\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman pregnant with twins dies in Apple Valley crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An Apple Valley woman who was pregnant with twins died in a crash Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Lorena Lopez, 33, was driving north on Wichita Road when a man ran a stop sign at Zuni Road and broadsided her in the intersection, the San Bernardino County Sheriff\u2019s Department said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p>The man, 25, became trapped in his Toyota Camry as it caught fire but was later rescued and taken to a hospital, authorities said. There was no word on his condition, and his identity was not released.<\/p>\n<p>Lopez died at the scene. Two occupants of her Nissan Altima were taken to a trauma center.<\/p>\n<p>An online fundraiser said the injured passengers were Lopez\u2019s children and described her as \u201ca loving mother whose life was cut short far too soon.\u201d She was five months pregnant with a boy and girl, the page said.<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"A makeshift memorial was created at the site of a crash in Apple Valley that killed a woman and her unborn twins.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783065556_586_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>A makeshift memorial was created at the site of a crash in Apple Valley that killed a woman and her unborn twins.<\/p>\n<p>(OnScene.TV)<\/p>\n<p>A memorial grew at the crash site, with friends and family members placing votive candles, balloons and flowers, according to footage published by OnSceneTV.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Benitez, Lopez\u2019s boyfriend, remembered her as well-liked and funny, a dedicated mother and a \u201cworkaholic\u201d who at one point held three jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfair,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cEverybody\u2019s grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into the crash remains ongoing, the Sheriff\u2019s Department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Apple Valley woman who was pregnant with twins died in a crash Saturday. Lorena Lopez, 33, was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[155291,155289,44660,155290,20684,6246,8593,13559,1576,48,52,51,155288,47,50,49,1555,155292,60738,20808,1557],"class_list":["post-384742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-albert-benitez","tag-apple-valley-crash","tag-balloon","tag-crash-saturday","tag-crash-site","tag-department","tag-family-member","tag-flower","tag-friend","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-lorena-lopez","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-man","tag-onscenetv","tag-twin","tag-votive-candle","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384742","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=384742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}