Four Pronounced Dead after Two-Vehicle Collision near Greenway Avenue

TURLOCK, CA (December 23, 2024) – Sunday, Daniel, Madelynn, and Jennifer Lourenco, and Uriel Negrete died in a 2-car crash on Highway 165. 

Authorities responded to the scene around 9:25 a.m., near Greenway Avenue.

California Highway Patrol officers say the male driver of a speeding Infiniti sedan broadsided a Jeep SUV that was crossing the intersection. 

First responders pronounced the Infiniti driver, 22-year-old Uriel Guizar Negrete, dead at the scene. 

Paramedics also declared the Jeep driver – Daniel Lourenco, 44, and his female passenger, Jennifer Lourenco, 45 – deceased at the scene. 

The teenage girl in the backseat of the Jeep, identified as 16-year-old Madelynn Lourenco, succumbed to her injuries at the hospital. A 19-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy from Turlock were also hospitalized in critical condition. 

At this time, the CHP is working to determine if drugs and alcohol contributed to the crash.

Our law firm sends out our heartfelt sympathies to the friends and family of the victims who are grieving over the loss of their loved one.

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