Woman Killed In Beaumont Rollover Wreck

BEAUMONT, CA — Emergency responders were sent Wednesday to a deadly crash in the Beaumont area, the CHP reports. According to the agency, a vehicle rolled through a chain link fence bordering the 60 Freeway and landed on its roof, killing the woman inside.

The collision was first reported around 12:50 p.m. on the eastbound side of the freeway, near Jack Rabbit Trail, reports indicated. The vehicle, a white Ford pickup truck, landed on a frontage road next to the highway.

Responding fire crews tried to break through one of the truck's windows to reach the person inside, but the victim did not survive, according to preliminary California Highway Patrol reports.

"The unrestrained driver was partially ejected onto the roadway and crushed by the overturned vehicle," CHP Officer Darren Meyer said in a news release. "The driver of the Ford was pronounced deceased at the scene."

Meyer said no one else was in the truck, and no other vehicles were involved in the crash.

"Distraction, medical conditions and / or alcohol and drugs have not been ruled out as contributing factors in determining the cause of this collision," Meyer said.