Chico, CA : Victims identified in fatal Nord Highway car crashon on Friday, 21st October 2016

The two people found dead following an apparent car crash discovered Friday morning on Nord Highway have been identified.

The Butte County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the people as John Sanchez, 60, of Stockton, and Victor Moncada Jr., 28, of Channelview, Texas.

Autopsies have been scheduled to be performed this week.

Sanchez and Moncada were discovered about 7:30 a.m. Friday by a passerby who noticed a silver SUV that had apparently crashed into Mud Creek off Nord Highway, in northwest Chico.

The police said at the time that one body was found inside the SUV. The other was found outside the vehicle.

The exact time and cause of the crash were not known.

A call Monday to the California Highway Patrol, which is investigating the incident, was not returned.

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Victims identified in fatal Nord Highway car crashon