Juanito Muyco,Michael Baril Obituary, Death;- The two men killed when their car crashed with another while turning into a Chula Vista street Monday night have been identified by the medical examiner.
Juanito Muyco, 76, and Michael Baril, 75, both from Chula Vista, were coming home from a church event when their vehicle crashed at the intersection of Apache Drive and Telegraph Canyon Road around 8 p.m., according to Chula Vista police.
The white Subaru Forester was headed east on Telegraph Canyon Road, making a left turn onto Apache Drive, when a red Ford Mustang, traveling west on Telegraph, broad-sided the vehicle, CVPD said.
The Subaru overturned, and the four occupants were trapped in the car, forcing emergency crews to use tools to cut open the vehicle to extract the passengers, CVPD said.
The driver of the Subaru, Baril, died at the scene. Muyco, who was the front passenger, was taken to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, officials said.
Two women in their 60s in the backseat of the Subaru were also taken to the hospital.
The driver of the Mustang, identified by police as a 41-year-old man, remained on the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Police said he was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The two couples were members at the Most Precious Blood Catholic Church for decades. At Tuesday morning’s mass, NBC 7 was told worshippers cried when they learned about the men’s deaths.
Police say they don’t know which driver was at fault in this crash, but they do know neither alcohol nor drugs was a factor.
The CVPD Traffic Bureau is investigating the crash.
