Garden Grove : Elderly Woman Runs Red Light, Dies in Crash
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An elderly woman was killed when she ran her car through a red light, hit a pickup truck and crashed through the display window of an auto dealership, police said Monday.
Inga Jones, 83, of Garden Grove was pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center in Orange after the accident at 6:55 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Jones was driving west on Garden Grove Boulevard when she apparently failed to notice the red light at Brookhurst Street, Police Detective Mike Clabaugh said. After hitting the truck, the car went through a front window of Vina Auto Sales.
Clabaugh said Jones was fatally injured when she struck the steering wheel and dashboard of her car. She was not wearing a seat belt.
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