Highway Crashes Kill Four Women Across Regions

Several fatal highway crashes were reported in California, Oregon and Australia, with investigators still working to establish what happened. In Madera County, California, a woman was found dead on southbound Highway 99 after investigators said an unknown vehicle may have struck her and left the scene. Near Cow Canyon in Oregon, a Toyota turning left was hit by a semi-truck on Highway 97, killing the Toyota’s 75-year-old driver and seriously injuring her passenger. In separate California crashes, a woman died after her car crossed into opposing traffic on Highway 160 near Sherman Island, and an 80-year-old woman was killed in a two-car collision on Victoria’s Princes Highway; the other occupants were injured, including one with life-threatening injuries.