LOCAL : 1 Killed in Sand Canyon Crash
A 70-year-old Malibu woman was killed when the car in which she was a passenger went out of control and over the side of the Antelope Valley Freeway in the Sand Canyon area, the California Highway Patrol reported today.
Mildred A. Mowry was thrown from the 1985 Mercedes-Benz and was pronounced dead at the scene, CHP Officer Monty Keifer said. The crash occurred about 8:30 p.m. Thursday on the southbound Antelope Valley Freeway north of Sand Canyon Road. The driver of the car, Dona Recchia, 50, of Northridge, was treated for minor injuries at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Keifer said.
The cause of the crash was being investigated.
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