Coroner identifies 3 young men who died in Irvine crash

Coroner officials have identified the three young men who died in a crash last week in Irvine when their car in hit a tree.

Yoseop Jeon, 18, of Torrance, Kiwook Seok, 20, or Irvine and Jaehyeong Park, 21, of Irvine all died at shortly after the 1:45 a.m. crash on Nov. 22, the coroner’s office said.

Park was listed by authorities as the driver of the Mercedes-Benz sedan that collided at Harvard Avenue and University Drive near the UCI campus.

Soon after the impact, the car went up in flames.

The lone survivor was pulled from the car by witnesses. That passenger was in critical condition at a hospital as of Monday evening, the last public update of the patient.

Details about what led to the crash were under investigation, but shortly after the crash a sergeant said speed was likely a contributing factor. It appeared the car was traveling southbound on Harvard when it crashed in front of Bethel Church.

It was unclear if any of the victims were UCI students.