Passenger killed in car crash on 210 Freeway in Irwindale
IRWINDALE -- A 28-year-old Rialto woman died early Wednesday when the disabled car she had been a passenger in was struck by a big rig, authorities said.
Jaime Angelina Jones died at the scene of the 2:35 a.m. crash on the eastbound 210 Freeway, just west of Irwindale Avenue, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Chief of Operations Craig Harvey said.
Jones was a passenger in a 2008 Kia being driven by a 29-year-old Bloomington woman, California Highway Patrol Officer Brian Parks said in a written. Another woman, 28 and from Fontana, was also a passenger in the Kia.
"For reasons still undetermined, (the driver) lost control of (the Kia) and collided with the guardrail at the south road edge," Parks said. The car came to a rest sideways in the two left lanes of the eastbound 210 Freeway.
About a minute later, a 2003 Freightliner big rig being driven by a 60-year-old Dayton man approached in the no. 2 lane at 40-45 mph, Parks said.
"(Two of the Kia passengers) managed to exit (the Kia) and move to safety, however (Jones) apparently was having difficulty exiting," the officer said.
Just as the other passenger made it out of the car, the big rig plowed into the Kia, fatally injuring Jones, he said.
Alcohol was not believed to be a factor in the crash, investigators added.
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