Firefighter’s 3 kids die in crash involving Tesla and truck in California, reports say

After losing all three of his children in a traffic collision, a California firefighter is navigating a ”new reality,” reports say.

San Jose Capt. Steve Biakanja lost his twin 14-year-old daughters Leigh and Lucy and 12-year-old son Ben, according to a Facebook post from the San Jose fire union.

Biakanja’s ex-wife and the children’s mother, Lisa Biakanja, also died in the crash, KTVU reported.

“In the wake of great tragedy, San Jose Fire Station 16 is asking for your support to raise funds for Captain Steve Biakanja as he navigates a new reality following the recent deaths of all three of his children in a terrible auto accident,” the firefighters union wrote on a GoFundMe.

Lisa Biakanja and the kids were returning home after a day in Casa de Fruta, KSBW reported. At some point, the vehicle “veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer” on Highway 156 near Fairview, the California Highway Patrol told the station.

The family was riding in an older model Tesla that was not equipped with any self-driving function, according to KTVU.

Tesla did not immediately return McClatchy News’s request for comment.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

“It doesn’t seem real yet. Doesn’t seem real that they’re actually gone, not coming back,” Joan McIntire, Lisa Biakanja’s mother, told KSBW.

The three children were enrolled at Carmel Middle School after graduating from Tularcitos Elementary School, KION-TV reported.

“Coming back, the second week of school to this news this morning was certainly very tragic and was hard for a lot of staff and students to hear,” Carmel Unified School District Superintendent Ted Knight told the outlet.

Fourteen-year-old Leigh was a Sea Cadet, according to the firefighters union’s Facebook post. She “enjoyed learning about science and playing softball.”

Her twin, Lucy, “loved animals, raising chickens and doves as a hobby,” the post says. The youngest sibling, Ben, was an avid World War II buff with a collection of memorabilia from the war.

“It was a good time in their life and to have them gone right now seems like a terrible, incredible waste of kids’ lives,” McIntire told KSBW.

Fairview is about 30 miles southeast of San Francisco.

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