Tri-City Community Rallies to Raise Funds for Families of Two Union City Teens Killed in Crash

UNION CITY, CA — The Tri-City community is rallying to raise money to help pay for the funeral and burial costs for two Union City teenagers tragically killed in collision on I-880 in Hayward early Sunday morning. A third teenager, who was a passenger in the car, remains hospitalized.

Logan High School senior Izaiah Mease, 17, was pronounced dead at the scene following the two-car collision on southbound Highway 880, California Highway Patrol officials said. The collision was first reported around 1:25 a.m. near the West A Street on-ramp.

Mease's two passengers, identified as Joe Ioramo and Izaiah Paopao, were taken to a hospital, school district officials said. Ioramo, a junior at the Decoto School for Independent Study, died while en route to the hospital, according to the school district. Paopao, also a senior at Logan High School, remains hospitalized with head injuries, but is in stable condition and is expected to recover, school district officials said.

Two separate GoFundMe accounts have been set up to help the boys' families pay for burial and funeral expenses. The Ioramo family account can be found here. Click here for the Mease account.

Memorial services for Izaiah Mease have been scheduled for September 10 at 11 a.m. at the Chapel of the Chimes in Hayward. Services for Joe Junior Ioramo have not yet been publicly announced.

Hundreds attended a vigil held outside James Logan High School Monday night. School district officials said counselors, psychologists, social workers and other mental health support staff are available all week to provide support to students and staff.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of local students Izaiah Mease and Joe ‘Junior’ Ioramo, who were killed in a car collision Labor Day weekend,” city officials said in a statement. “Our hearts are with their families, friends, and the whole student community as they heal from this tragedy.”

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