Head-On Car Crash Kills 4 Californians, Including 3 Sisters

A head-on collision on Highway 95 near Marsing killed four Californians on Saturday afternoon.

After reviewing the evidence, Idaho News said authorities believe a northbound automobile collided with a southbound pickup truck.

The sisters were in a Honda Civic when it plowed into a GMC Sierra on Highway 95 near Marsing, where the speed limit is 65 mph.

An Idaho State Police statement obtained by New York Post said all three persons from the GMC survive despite the car caught fire following the crash. The fire eventually destroyed the truck.

Officials said responders took them to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to authorities, they airlifted two of the pickup's occupants to a local hospital and sent the third by ambulance.

Authorities did not disclose the names of the three individuals in the GMC. However, they are believed to be two males and a woman between the ages of 16 and 21.

State police named three of the fatalities on Tuesday: Melissa Rojas-Carrasco, 26, Jasmin Rojas-Carrasco, 22, and Juan Pablo Farias, 22. It was unclear who was driving the Civic.

Priscilla Rojas-Carrasco, 16, was not recognized since she was not an adult, according to police. Still, she was identified and described as a sister of the two ladies in the car in fundraising requests on social media.

Separate fundraisers referred to the sisters as the family's youngest members. However, it was unclear how many additional siblings they had. Their loved ones sought donations through online fundraisers to help cover the costs of transporting the deceased to their final resting place and paying funeral expenses.

Meanwhile, Farias' relationship with the sisters remains unclear.

According to the police, they are still investigating the collision and interviewing witnesses as of Tuesday.

KTVB 7 said Tanya Hoebel, a witness to the events on Saturday afternoon, assisted in rescuing the three as flames engulfed their vehicle.

"A gentleman came walking towards me from the accident and told me not to proceed towards the accident," Hoebel said, according to the station.

"And I said, 'Well, I can see flames from the vehicle, I can see smoke from the vehicle,' and he informed me that there was nothing we could do."

Hoebel and others raced to help anyway, she added, and were able to get them out of the crash just as fire totally engulfed the pickup.

According to her testimony, one person was covered with debris and smashed glass.

"I told him, 'Okay, I just really need you to listen to my voice,' " Hoebel explained. "'I need you to just listen to my voice. I need you to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.'"