A driver going the wrong way on Interstate 5 slammed into a car carrying three senior girls from southern Oregon, causing a fiery blaze that left no survivors, police and school officials said.

Luciana Tellez, Giselle Montano and Esmerelda Nava perished in the Saturday crash night near Yoncalla, Eagle Point High School said on its Facebook page Sunday afternoon.

All three students were set to graduate in early June.

Oregon State Police said a red Acura Integra was heading south on the freeway around 9:30 p.m. when it suddenly turned around and started speeding north in the southbound lane near milepost 154.

The Acura plowed nearly head-on into a southbound Nissan Murano carrying the Eagle Point seniors, police said. Both vehicles then burst into flames.

Bystanders pulled two passengers from the Nissan, but they could not be saved, police said. Both drivers died inside their cars.

The Acura driver has not been identified. The investigation is ongoing.

-- Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

skavanaugh@oregonian.com

503-294-7632 II @shanedkavanaugh