GUSTINE, Calif. — A search is underway for a 21-year-old Stockton mother who went missing after a dune buggy crash into a canal in Merced County.
According to the California Highway Patrol, Lupita Ontiveros was last seen early Wednesday morning when the dune buggy she was riding in with friends crashed into the Delta-Mendota Canal near State Route 140. The crash happened around 1 a.m.
Family members and volunteers gathered near Gustine on Sunday, forming a community-led search while holding out hope for answers. Many of them have been driving about an hour each day from Stockton to continue looking…