Orange : Teen Killed, 3 Injured When Car Overturns
A Villa Park teen-ager was killed and her three passengers were injured Saturday night when her car struck a concrete freeway divider and overturned, authorities said Sunday.
Elle Anne Stemmler, 18, was traveling from the southbound Newport Freeway to the westbound Garden Grove Freeway in Orange at 10:25 p.m. when she apparently lost control of her vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The car slid sideways, struck a concrete curb and flipped over, ejecting Stemmler onto the left shoulder of the road, CHP investigators said. Stemmler died of head injuries, the Orange County Coroner’s office said.
Two of her passengers, 19-year-old Wendy Sue Roberts and an unidentified 17-year-old girl, both of Orange, were taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange, where they were treated for minor injuries, CHP officers said. They said a third unidentified passenger, a 17-year-old girl from Santa Ana, was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana, where she also was treated for minor injuries.
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