Tragic Fatal Collision Highway 99 Claims Lives of Three UC Davis Students

The University of California, Davis, recently announced the tragic news that three of its students passed away in a  fatal car accident on Highway 99 in San Joaquin County. The university is fully cooperating with authorities during the ongoing investigation.

The names of the students who died in the accident have been released by their families. They are Minkyu Geon, Margarette Guinto Ventura, and Codi Orland Mateo. Minkyu Geon was a junior majoring in electrical engineering and had worked as an undergraduate assistant in the Integration Engineering Laboratory. Margarette Guinto Ventura was a sophomore majoring in biological sciences, an intern with the student-run Bayanihan Clinic in Sacramento, and an active member of the Pre-Med American Medical Student Association and the Student Advocate Office of the Associated Students of UC Davis. Codi Orland Mateo was a senior majoring in neurobiology, physiology, and behavior, and an officer of the Filipinx Association for Health Careers and the Thai American Student Association.