IRVINE – Two men died and three others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine.

Irvine Police Department and Orange County Fire Authority officials responded to the collision at Harvard Avenue and Michelson Drive shortly after 3 a.m., according to authorities. They found a 2015 Infiniti Q50 on fire and extinguished the blaze, and transported the male driver in critical condition to a local hospital.

Kesean Herrera, of Irvine, drove the other vehicle in the collision, a 2014 Hyundai Elantra. He and passenger Jeremy Shankling, of Los Angeles, were pronounced dead at the scene. The men were identified in an Orange County coroner’s office press release.

Two female passengers in critical condition were transported to area hospitals.

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

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Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)



Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)

Two men died and several others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Saturday, July 1, near UC Irvine. (Photo by Southern Counties News Service)



Staff writer Hannah Madans contributed to this report.