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Kasean Herrera and Jeremy Shankling

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My name is Theron Smith. Jeremy and Kasean were both really good friends of mine. 

Just after 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 1, 2017 Kasean Herrera, 23, and Jeremy Skankling, 24, were on their way home in Irvine, CA. They were driving a Hyundai Elantra with two female passengers.

At approximately 3:30 a.m. their vehicle collided with a Infiniti Q50 at the intersection of Michelson Drive and Harvard Avenue.

The Infiniti caught fire , however Orange County Fire Authorities were able to quickly extinguish the blaze. The male driver sustained critical injuries and was transported to a local hospital.

Firefighters used the Jaws of Life to get the females out of the Elantra. They were also transported to a trauma center with critical injuries. Unfortanely,  Kasean and Jeremy were pronounced dead at the scene. They fell victim to a tragic fatal traffic collision.

Jeremy graduated from West Adams High School in Los Angeles. Kasean graduated from Crenshaw HighSchool in Los Angeles. Both of them graduated in good standing from the University of California, Irvine's Donald Bren School of Computer Science in 2016.

Kasean graduated with a degree in computer science and began working at Glidewell Laboratories as a software engineer. Jeremy earned a degree in Software  Engineering and acquried jobs at the District Attorney's office of Orange Country and for CPT Group. These young men were leaders, intelligent, innovative, motivated, dynamic, and exceptional. They had very large dreams, ambitions, and desires to leave an immense impact on the world. They were loved, cherished greatly, and will truly be missed. 

Any donations, big or small, will tremendously help and will go to their families.  There a lot of cost associated; services, burials, and arrangments. The money will be withdrawn by Lamar D West, he is very close friends and family with both Kasean and Jeremy, he has spoken to both families and they have agreed to receive the money from him in which he will split evenly and distribute it to their families.

Thank you all for your donations and prayers, and please share.

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Theron Smith
Organizer
Irvine, CA
Lamar West
Beneficiary

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