Bakersfield Woman Killed in Rain-Slick Crash in Pasadena

PASADENA, CA - A 43-year-old Bakersfield woman was killed Sunday morning when the car she was driving veered off a freeway in Pasadena during heavy rain and slammed into a light pole, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Two Bakersfield men, one 23 years old and the other 32, were injured in the crash, which occurred just before 7 a.m. on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway east of Lincoln Avenue, the CHP reported.

The driver, at the wheel of a 1992 Honda Accord, lost control of the car, veered right, hit a raised asphalt curb and then struck a light pole, according to the CHP.

She was pronounced dead at Huntington Memorial Hospital. Her name was not immediately released.

The 23-year-old passenger sustained a lacerated forehead and the 32-year- old complained of pain to one of his legs.

It was not immediately clear if any of the victims were related.

Anyone with information about the crash was asked to call the CHP's Altadena Area Office at (626) 296-8100 during regular business hours.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock