Crime & Safety

Oregon Woman Killed In Crash Off California Coast

Authorities are searching for three children who were also killed in the crash.

MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA -- A search is underway Wednesday for three children killed when a car crashed off the California coast. The crash happened Monday in northern Mendocino County on state Route 1, just south of Juan Creek, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The GMC Yukon crashed about 100 feet down the cliff, killing Jennifer Jean Hart, 39, of West Linn, Oregon, and Sarah Margaret Hart, 39, of Alexandria, Minnesota, the CHP said.

The children have not been identified.

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The cause of the crash is still under investigation by the CHP.

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