Names of two killed in head-on west Stanislaus County crash released
The name’s of two people who who died in a head-on collision Friday night were released by the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office on Monday.
The collision occurred on Grayson Road just east of Quisenberry Road at 7:05 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The driver of an eastbound Dodge Caliber for an unknown reason “turned to the left” into the westbound lane, where it collided head-on with a Dodge Durango.
The driver of the Caliber, identified as 33-year-old Antonio del Toro of Delhi, died at the scene.
The driver of the Durango, 26-year-old Kurtis Belkin of Modesto, and his passenger 44-year-old Liza Ramirez of Patterson, were taken to hospitals with major injuries. Ramirez later died.
It is unknown if drugs and/or alcohol played a role in the collision, which remains under investigation.
