The Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office Sunday released the name of the woman who was killed when a semi-truck smashed through the center divider wall on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Irwindale, authorities said.
The woman was identified as Christina King, 58, according to the agency’s website, which does not list the decedent’s city of residence.
The crash occurred at about 9 a.m. Saturday just south of the Irwindale Avenue on-ramp, the California Highway Patrol reported. The truck crashed through the wall from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes, striking at least two other vehicles.
Firefighters and paramedics dispatched to the location at 8:57 a.m. Saturday pronounced King dead at the scene, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department public information officer.
Paramedics rushed two critically injured people and eight people with minor injuries to a hospital. Six of the eight suffering from minor injuries were children, the county fire department spokesman said. Twenty-two people injured in the crash refused medical transport, he added.