Elderly Whittier woman killed in Hacienda Heights car crash
HACIENDA HEIGHTS -- A 77-year-old Whittier woman died Saturday in a solo-car crash on Colima Road, authorities said.
Lynn Le, also known as Le T. Thi, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:37 a.m. crash on Colima at Camino Del Sur, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement.
Le was driving a 1997 Honda Accord north on Colima when, for unknown reasons, she drove over a raised concrete divider and into southbound traffic, officials said.
The Honda continued moving north in the southbound lanes of Colima at about 60 mph until it struck cinder block wall at the northeast corner of Colima and Camino Del Sur, according to the statement.
The crash remained under investigation by the Santa Fe Springs office of the California Highway Patrol.
Lynn Le, also known as Le T. Thi, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 10:37 a.m. crash on Colima at Camino Del Sur, California Highway Patrol officials said in a written statement.
Le was driving a 1997 Honda Accord north on Colima when, for unknown reasons, she drove over a raised concrete divider and into southbound traffic, officials said.
The Honda continued moving north in the southbound lanes of Colima at about 60 mph until it struck cinder block wall at the northeast corner of Colima and Camino Del Sur, according to the statement.
The crash remained under investigation by the Santa Fe Springs office of the California Highway Patrol.
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