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Fiery Crash On 73 Toll Road Kills SUV Driver Overnight
Emergency responders were unable to save the driver of a Volvo, who died at the crash scene after striking a concrete column.

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She owns the local Southern California Wine Country blog: Temecula Grapevine.com. Wife and mother of two daughters, she has written multiple romantic suspense novels, and chick-lit romances. Find them on Kindle and in print on Amazon.com.
A content creator and information architect since the late 1990s, Ludwig also project-managed multiple ad campaigns with Adwire for the entertainment industry, as well as worked with Books in Print, Bowker with the New York Times Bestseller Lists. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences.
Emergency responders were unable to save the driver of a Volvo, who died at the crash scene after striking a concrete column.

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