RIP, Jenna Faeth

As with everyone else in this society, theater groups rely heavily, even exclusively, on the automobile to bring people to and from the theater, so an accident like this really hurts. It could have been any of us....

From all of us at DMTC, the deepest condolences to Jenna's family, and to the ARC theater community.....

An 18-year-old American River College student has been killed and three others were injured in a one-car accident on Highway 99 in Madera.

Jenna Faeth of Carmichael suffered fatal injuries when the 1986 Toyota she was driving drifted off the highway and overturned several times about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

Faeth lost control of the car after she tried to direct it back onto the road, the Fresno Bee quoted officials as saying.

Faeth, a 2007 graduate of El Camino High School, was the lead in the college's theater production. "Kimchee and Chitlins," a satiric comedy, was due to open Friday.

Three passengers were taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, 30 miles south of Madera.

Andy Hoover, 24, of Orangevale was admitted to the trauma unit with major injuries and was listed in critical condition Monday.

Johnny Sittisin, 19, of North Highlands and Britney Baskerville, 19, were treated for minor and moderate injuries, respectively, and released.

The occupants wore seat belts, and alcohol did not appear to be a factor, the Fresno Bee quoted officials as saying.

The four students were returning from a theater festival at California State University, Los Angeles, in time for a rehearsal of the American River play Sunday.

Other ARC students and staff members who attended the festival departed Los Angeles later Sunday.