COCAINE FOUND IN DRIVERS' BODIES.

Byline: David R. Baker and Yvette Cabrera Daily News Staff Writers

Both drivers in the flaming, head-on collision near Lompoc that killed 11 people Tuesday had significant amounts of cocaine in their systems, police said Friday.

Coroner investigators found evidence of cocaine in both Michael Anthony Bucci, 42, of Lompoc and Julio Rosa Camacho, 20, of Canoga Park. The truck driven by Bucci and the van driven by Rosa struck each other late Tuesday on a rural stretch of Highway 1.

Bucci also had significant amounts of opiates and less than significant amounts of marijuana in his system, said Officer Jim Everly of the California Highway Patrol.

``I would say, from my investigative skills as a Highway Patrol officer, that this contributed to the accident,'' he said.

But Everly didn't pin the cause of the accident solely on drug use, saying investigators still have not determined which vehicle crossed into the other's path.

The crash, which left both vehicles crumpled and engulfed in flames, killed both drivers. Two other people in the truck and seven others in the van died. Four of the van's passengers, on their way home from selling corn in Lompoc, survived.

After days of struggling to identify horribly burned bodies, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's and Coroner's Department on Friday released the names of the eight people who died in the van. All were from the same Mexican town - family and friends who had recently moved from Puebla, Mexico, to Canoga Park in search of a better life.

``They were chasing their dreams,'' said Luz Elena Bueno, the Mexican consul in Oxnard.

Those killed in the van included Antonio Rosa Camacho, 18; Julio Rosa Camacho, 20; Paulino Serrano Camacho, 15; Eduardo Perez, 33; Javier Camacho Perez, 33; Elisa Lopez Dela Rosa, 33; Maruo Martinez Salazar, 16; and Ambrosio Martinez Vivanco, 15.

Although police said all of those killed in the van were related, either by blood or marriage, Bueno said some were just friends of the family.

Their bodies will be returned to Mexico for burial.

As she sat in the lobby of Sherman Oaks Hospital, keeping vigil over one of the crash's few survivors, Leticia O'Campos grieved over the loss of her boyfriend, Javier Camacho.

O'Campos not only lost her companion in Tuesday's fiery crash, but the unborn child she carries lost a father. ``We only wanted to earn a living,'' said O'Campos, who is in her sixth month of pregnancy.

Though not married to Camacho, O'Campos lovingly referred to his mother, Rosa Hernandez, as her mother-in-law. Hernandez, badly burned in the accident, remained in critical condition at the hospital Friday, awaiting more surgery next week to remove burned skin.

Hernandez is mother to seven children still in Mexico, a 5-year-old daughter in Canoga Park and a 17-year-old son, Martin Camacho, who was seriously injured in the crash. He, too, remained hospitalized Friday in critical condition with massive head injuries.

``It was Rosa's dream to save up her money and send it back to the little ones in Mexico,'' said O'Campos, in Spanish.

Hernandez and her family arrived in the San Fernando Valley two months ago. The family headed to Lompoc every day to sell roasted corn, a popular snack sold in the town plazas of Mexico.

``We would go all the way up to Lompoc because it was impossible to sell them here in the San Fernando Valley,'' said O'Campos. ``We sold more up there, but even then we had problems with cholos who would steal our money, who would throw down our corn and stomp down on it.''

A typical day for Hernandez and her family began at 7 a.m. with the shucking of the corn husks and often ended as late as 11 p.m. when the group would arrive home in Canoga Park to eat dinner.

Hernandez still does not know her son Javier Camacho was killed in the crash, said O'Campos, who spoke with Hernandez on Friday afternoon.