'Happens very often': Residents after 3 kids die in crash near Ripperdan

RIPPERDAN, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A six-year-old girl, a 15-year-old lad and a 17-year-old miss were killed aft a van ran a halt motion and crashed into a large rig Saturday evening. There’s a batch of daze and sadness from folks successful Ripperdan. In fact, astir already knew the news.

“I was location watching the tv and the quality study came retired and you know, it’s a bittersweet happening to see. Family members suffer their beingness similar that. That ever makes you beauteous sad,” Firebaugh nonmigratory David Melendez said.

Three kids ages 6, 15 and 17 were killed aft a large rig crashed into a van that ran a halt motion Saturday night.

“Honestly, a batch of accidents hap present and tragic ones too. If you thrust down the roads, you spot a batch of crosses. So it happens precise often,” Melendez admitted.

The quality of the clang is circling the tiny assemblage of Ripperdan. Melendez said much instrumentality enforcement is needed successful the area. 

“Sometimes, there’s careless drivers. People don’t truly wage attraction oregon are conscionable successful a unreserved to get home. So I deliberation a deficiency of constabulary officers, patrols I mean, has radical being much careless erstwhile they drive,” Melendez said.

At the show of the clang prevarication 3 balloons, flowers, and a stuffed animal. Cars proceed zipping done Road 24 and Avenue 7, wherever Melendez says upgrades are needed.  

“The signs and past the overgarment too. On the road, the roadworthy paints. You can't truly spot it's not truly visible,” Melendez said.

But different section said unsafe drivers are the problem. 

"If you tin perceive these sounds [of honking], you could spot these sounds; it'd marque cleanable sense. You would cognize precisely what I'm talking about. People don't care,” said Miclo, a nonmigratory who lives successful the area.

Miclo said unsafe driving successful that country is common.  

“People tally these. I mean, if you're if you're section to the country and you cognize the Friant entrance, for instance, oregon the Friant four-way, there's virtually an Instagram leafage dedicated to radical that tally that light,” Miclo said.

CHP said neither drugs nor intoxicant are a origin successful this crash.