Authorities identify four Buffalo Grove High School students killed in Wheeling, IL car accident

According to authorities and the school district, a multi-vehicle collision in Wheeling on Tuesday night claimed the lives of four Buffalo Grove High School students and injured three others. said.

near about 10:19 p.m., three vehicles were involved in a collision near Dundee and Schoenbeck roads, according to police.

Four of the seven victims who were taken to hospitals, all of whom were teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18, died, according to the police. According to authorities, the teens were riding in the same car.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified three of the victims as 18-year-old Richard De-Ita, 17-year-old Kevin Hernandez-Teran, and 16-year-old Jesus Rodriguez of Wheeling. The fourth fatality was identified as Ricky Barcenas, 17, of Arlington Heights by the Lake County Coroner’s Office.

According to police, the crash appeared to be caused by speed and a traffic light that was ignored.

In a statement, a representative for High School District 214 said: “It is with the utmost sorrow that we confirm that four Buffalo Grove High School students were killed, and one student is still being treated in the hospital, in what police are describing as a multi-car crash Tuesday night in Wheeling.