A vigil was held Sunday evening to honor two teenagers who were killed in a violent crash in Riverside.
A group of friends gathered at the site of the crash and created a memorial featuring flowers and balloons.
Though authorities have not officially released the identities of the teens, friends identified them as 17-year-old Jahseem and 18-year-old Alicia.
“He brought so many people together,” said friend Israel De La Torre about Jah. “Anyone he was friends with was automatically my friend because I knew him and I was friends with him. He brought everyone together … just a great soul took too soon. Alicia … I’ve only met her a handful of times, but from what I could tell, she was a great person.”
The crash happened around 5:40 a.m. Sunday along Wood Road, just north of Van Buren Boulevard.
According to the Riverside Police Department, a preliminary investigation shows that a Lexus was heading north on Wood Road at a high rate of speed when the driver ran a red light at Van Buren.