Family of 32-year-old woman killed in Santa Ana wrong-way crash raising funds

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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Family of Santa Ana wrong-way crash victim raising funds

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- The family of a woman who was killed by a wrong-way driver in Santa Ana is raising funds to cover her funeral expenses.

Leticia Placencia Alvarado, 32, died Monday when police say Jorge Andres Delgado drove into oncoming traffic at a high rate of speed in the area of Main Street and Warner Avenue and hit three cars.

Delgado, 29, also died at the scene.

Two people were killed and five others were hospitalized when a wrong-way driver crashed into three other cars in Santa Ana, police say.

Five people in another car that was hit - ages 39, 19, 18, 11 and 1 - were hospitalized with injuries described as not life-threatening.

Meanwhile, Alvarado's family has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for her memorial and funeral expenses.


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