Family members and friends said the deceased victims were Brooke Hawley, Dylan Mack and A.J. Rossi.
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The trio, who had traveled to Orange County for spring break, was in a Toyota that was stopped at a red light on Pacific Coast Highway about 1 a.m. Thursday when their car was rear-ended at high speed by a suspected DUI driver.
The teens' vehicle erupted in flames, leaving the three teenagers deceased at the scene. A fourth occupant of the Toyota was transported to a hospital in unknown condition.
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"It's just horrible," Kelsi Halls, a friend of the victims, said tearfully while visiting a makeshift memorial near the crash site. "I just can't believe this happened. I didn't want to believe it. I just saw him and he's gone now."
Halls said the deceased were students at Centennial High School in Las Vegas.
The driver of the second vehicle, identified as 27-year-old Bani Duarte of San Clemente, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and DUI. She was unharmed.
Hawley, Mack and Rossi are expected to be honored Friday evening at a vigil at Knickerbocker Park in Las Vegas.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Huntington Beach Police Accident Investigator Joshua Page at (714) 536-5670.