Corpus Christi ISD identifies seniors who died after grad rehearsal

Two students from Corpus Christi ISD were killed in a rollover crash on Tuesday, May 31. The district identified them as Matthew Garcia and Marcello Saldua on Thursday, June 2. 

Two students from Corpus Christi ISD were killed in a rollover crash on Tuesday, Might 31. The district discovered them as Matthew Garcia and Marcello Saldua on Thursday, June 2. 

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Two students from Corpus Christi Unbiased College District had been killed in a rollover crash soon after attending their graduation rehearsal on Tuesday, May well 31. The district identified them to MySA as Matthew Garcia and Marcello Saldua on Thursday, June 2. They were being each 18.

In accordance to the district, 4 pupils from Ray Large College had been associated in the auto wreck. The pupils were being traveling to school right after attending graduation rehearsal at the American Lender Middle, about four miles from the campus.

Corpus Christi police told United states of america Today that they observed four male college students in a white, two-doorway auto that was lying on its roof. Two of the college students have been pronounced useless at the scene. The two wounded students were taken to a area hospital. The incident remains beneath investigation.


“Our Texan group is devastated by this decline of our graduating seniors,” Ray Substantial Faculty Principal Roxanne Cuevas mentioned in a news launch. “Our hearts go out to all the liked kinds impacted by this tragedy.”

The community is web hosting a vigil to honor the seniors at 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Park in Corpus Christi on Thursday, June 2. A GoFundMe page was also produced for one particular of the students killed in the rollover. 

Erica Ramirez describes her cousin, Saldua, as somebody who still left a mark just about everywhere he went, introducing he experienced a heart of gold and a smile and laughter that will permanently be in her memory. She started off the fundraiser to help her aunt fork out for funeral charges. You can donate by clicking listed here