Passenger Killed In Long Beach Crash Identified

LONG BEACH, CA — A woman who was killed in a crash between a motorcycle and car last month has been identified.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office identified the woman as 76-year-old Michelle Nguyen of Santa Ana. Her cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma.

Nguyen was a passenger in a 2006 Toyota Highlander on March 23, when a motorcyclist collided with the vehicle at Wardlow Road and Woodruff Avenue, according to authorities.

Nguyen and the motorcyclist, identified as 28-year-old Austin Fett of Lakewood, died at the scene, police said. The driver of the Toyota Highlander, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital for treatment. His condition remains unclear.

Detectives are still investigating the circumstances of the crash, though Long Beach police say Fett was driving northbound on Woodruff Avenue when he collided with the driver of the Highlander, who was turning left from southbound Woodruff Avenue onto eastbound Wardlow Road.