MERCED COUNTY - A 50-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon in a solo-vehicle accident near Snelling, the Merced Sun Star reported. The victim was a passenger seated in the right rear of the vehicle, which was travelling southbound on La Grange Road, north of Merced Falls Road shortly before 2 p.m. on April 28, 2011. According to news reports, the driver, June F. Robinson, 58, failed to negotiate the curve in the road north of Merced Falls Road. The vehicle travelled onto the west shoulder and went 50 feet down an embankment and crashed with a tree. The victim, who was not identified, died at the scene of the crash. The driver, and another passenger, Jannie C Perez, 53, of Hayward, suffered minor injuries. All occupants were reportedly wearing seat belts and alcohol or drugs were not believed to be a factor. The cause of the fatal La Grange Road accident remains under investigation.
Sources: Merced Sun Star
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