'They're having babies': Loved ones mourn 2 teens dead in Fresno County DUI crash
Mar 30, 2025
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Family and friends are mourning the loss of two men who had their lives tragically cut short.
Just after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday Clovis Police officers on patrol heard sounds of a car peeling out and driving recklessly.
Officers approaching the intersecti
on on Temperance saw a Dodge Charger driven by 18-year-old Luis Felix of Fresno with smoke coming from the tires.
Officers attempted to pull the car over as it sped off.
California Highway Patrol said Felix ended up colliding into two cars, killing two 19-year-old men.
Friends who knew one of the men who passed, are grieving the loss of someone they considered their family.
"We were there for him and we just appreciated him and his family and his presence they brought us in and we brought him in as one," Madison, a friend, who lost her loved one said.
She said he was about to become a father, with his whole life ahead of him.
"We're there for her, the baby of course, my sister just found out she was pregnant and she texted him and they found out that they're having babies," she said.
In total, nine people were hurt, including Felix and three minors, ages 9, 4 and 1.
A video from a social media post shows the suspected DUI driver doing donuts in the middle of the intersection on Temperance and Gettysburg moments until Clovis police arrive.
The investigation is still ongoing. ...read more read less