Authorities release names of victims killed in weekend car accident

Published July 5, 2022 3:17 pm

ORCUTT, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the two people killed in an Orcutt-area car accident late Saturday night.

Melisa Michelle Gonzalez-Bautista, 18, and Hermilo Vasquez-Mendez, 41, both from Santa Maria, were both killed in a two-vehicle car accident in the area of Highway 1 and Highway 135 near Orcutt on Saturday night, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Raquel Zick.

The accident left four other people injured: two with non-life-threatening injuries and two with minor injuries.

The cause of the accident is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol, and there is no additional information at the time.

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