July 2, 2010 – A 32-year-old woman was killed Thursday night when her SUV 
slammed into a freeway median, was struck by a car and flipped over.
The driver, who was a resident of Cardiff , was the sole occupant of a black 1997 Infiniti QX4 SUV traveling north on Interstate 5 near Gilman Drive around 11:48 p.m. when for unknown reasons she hit the median, the county Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Her SUV then crossed back into the traffic lanes, where it rolled and was struck by a white Ford Focus, which then veered off the freeway and struck a tree. The Infinity flipped and came to rest upside down in the traffic lanes.
The Infinity’s driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Ford with taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The dead woman’s name was not released pending the notification of her family.
After the accident, the northbound lanes of I-5 were closed and traffic was diverted to state Route 52. The lanes were reopened around 3:30 a.m.
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