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A 42-year-old Placerville woman was killed early Tuesday when her car veered off a road and struck an embankment near Placerville, the California Highway Patrol said.
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The woman was driving a Volkswagen Passat west on Pony Express Trail just east of Carson Road about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday when her car left the road and struck an embankment, said Officer Andrew Brown, a spokesman for the CHP’s Placerville office. She did not appear to have been wearing a seat belt, Brown said.
Investigators were awaiting toxicology results to determine whether alcohol or drugs contributed to the crash, Brown said.
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The El Dorado County Coroner’s Office was expected to release the woman’s name after her family had been notified.
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