A 27-year-old La Habra woman died early Wednesday in a freeway crash in Riverside, authorities reported.
Karim Lugo was driving a 2014 Toyota Corolla that crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the northbound 215 Freeway north of Central Avenue, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Manz said.
It was raining at the time of the collision, but investigators have not determined if that was a factor in the crash, Manz said
Lugo was identified by the Riverside County Coroner’s office. No one else was reported injured in the 1:26 a.m. collision.
Witnesses said the Corolla was coming up on the scene of an accident that had happened shortly before in the right lanes of the freeway, swerved to avoid it, and hit the back of the slower-moving rig, Manz said.