Woman Dies After Car Hits Parked Truck
A 20-year-old Palmdale woman was killed Thursday when her car drifted off the Antelope Valley Freeway and struck a trailer-truck parked on the shoulder, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The name of the victim in the 12:05 a.m. accident just south of San Fernando Road in Newhall was not released pending notification of her family, the CHP said.
The woman was driving south on the freeway when her car swerved for an unknown reason, left the road and hit the rear of the parked trailer truck, the CHP reported. Benito Turrubirtes of Los Angeles, the truck’s driver, was not injured. He told investigators he had parked along the side of the road because of fatigue.
The accident is under investigation.
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