A motorist was killed and her passenger seriously injured Thursday when her sedan slammed into a telephone pole at a Riverside intersection.
The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. at Audrey Avenue and Jackson Street, according to the Riverside Police Department.
Sgt. Emilio Angulo said that the driver, identified only as a 19-year-old Riverside woman, was at the wheel of a 2000 Honda Accord going south on Jackson “at a high rate of speed” when she lost control, careened off of the roadway and into the pole.
Paramedics reached the location within a few minutes and found the motorist in grave condition, while her passenger, identified only as a Riverside man, was seriously injured, Angulo said.
He said that both victims were taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where the woman died a short time later.
The man was in stable condition and expected to survive.
The crash remains under investigation, and anyone with information was asked to contact the police Traffic Bureau at 951-826-8720.