Maria del Carmen Estrada de Dore crash Alpine
Maria del Carmen Estrada de Dore, 63, Killed in Alpine Car Crash
ALPINE, CA (June 4, 2021) – Maria del Carmen Estrada de Dore was killed after a car crash on the Interstate 8 in Alpine.
The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the 63-year-old San Diego woman as one of the victims in the fatal wreck on Thursday evening.
The incident began when Maria del Carmen Estrada de Dore was riding as a back seat passenger in a black 2006 GMC Sierra in Alpine.
The pickup truck and a black 2000 Toyota Solara were going west on the Interstate 8 at the time. For an unknown reason, they collided near Tavern Road.
The California Highway Patrol said both cars then swerved and rolled over into the shrub-covered median. One of them became engulfed in flames upon impact.
3 Seriously Injured in Collision on Interstate 8
The truck continued, went down the embankment and came to a rest in the eastbound lanes of the I-8. The accident took place on June 3 shortly after 6 p.m.
Maria del Carmen Estrada de Dore ended up thrown from the GMC as a result of the crash. The San Diego Union-Tribune and NBC San Diego wrote that she died at the scene.
Paramedics took the other three parties involved to the Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego for treatment of major injuries.
CHP described them as the 65-year-old Chula Vista man driving the Sierra and the 58-year-old San Diego woman in the front seat, and the 18-year-old Los Angeles man operating the Toyota.
Meanwhile, the cause of the tragic Alpine crash is still under investigation.
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