The Stockton community is organizing support for the families of six farmworkers who died in a suspected DUI crash in Napa Valley. A fundraiser was held to help with funeral and other expenses, featuring the sale of mini pancakes and support from local residents, according to CBS News Sacramento.
Six Stockton residents—Loreto Ricardo Hernandez, 42; Fernando Silverio, 34; Araon Ruiz Ruiz, 39; Beymar Reynosa Rodriguez, 32; Demetrio Celerino Francisco, 39; and Pedro Lopez Gomez, 57—died in a crash on Sunday when the minivan they were in veered off the road and hit a tree. The Napa County Coroner's Office identified the victims, with the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco assisting in the process, their efforts "greatly appreciated," by family members, as per Hoodline. Seventeen-year-old Jasmin Hernandez, daughter of Loreto Ricardo Hernandez, is leading a fundraising campaign. She said, "My dad was a very funny person," and "He would always make the people he was around laugh—his friends, his family." Jasmin is set to graduate high school early, as reported by CBS News Sacramento.
Norberto Celerino Villalva, 53, from Stockton, was seriously injured in a crash along with another passenger and is facing DUI and homicide charges, as mentioned by Hoodline. A fundraiser will be held on Saturday in Stockton, selling dinner plates to support the families of the victims. Jasmin Hernandez, whose father died in the crash, wants to honor her father and the others who died.
