CHESTER, Calif. — The brother of a girl who was killed on her prom night died Tuesday morning of injuries he suffered while driving home, officials said.
Billy Carrigan, 20, was on his way to the far Northern California town of Chester on Sunday after he learned of his sister’s death earlier that day.
Christina Chavira, a spokeswoman for Enloe Medical Center in Chico, said the University of California, Berkeley, student died from injuries he suffered in the wreck
Just outside town, he crashed his Toyota Tacoma pickup truck into pine trees along Highway 36. He had been in the hospital in critical condition until he died Tuesday morning.
Carrigan’s sister, Jennifer, had been found dead Sunday afternoon by their mother inside the family home in Chester, about 150 miles north of Sacramento.
Jennifer Carrigan had been killed along with her date, Steven Furtado of Willows. Neighbors said the pair were stabbed.
Both were 18 and had gone together to the Chester High School prom Saturday night.
Family and friends said Furtado was a musician, scholar, athlete and Eagle Scout. He was set to graduate on June 6 from Willows High School.
Plumas County sheriff’s deputies arrested 18-year-old Reyes Carrillo in the teens’ deaths. Patrol Commander Gerry Hendrick said Carrillo had previously dated Jennifer Carrigan.
Carrillo was set for a court appearance Tuesday afternoon.
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