Driver Dies When Truck Overturns
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A Van Nuys woman was killed Wednesday morning when her pickup truck overturned on a curve on Laurel Canyon Road in Studio City, Los Angeles police said.
Sandra Jean Ettinger, 20, who had recently moved to Van Nuys from Arizona, died instantly in the 5:20 a.m. accident on the winding canyon road about half a mile north of Mulholland Drive, Officer Leona Thomas said.
Police said Ettinger apparently lost control of the vehicle while driving at an unsafe speed on a curve.
The pickup overturned and ejected her. It overturned several more times and hit a concrete block in front of a house.
The accident closed two of the four lanes during the morning rush hour.
Southbound traffic was backed up two miles to Ventura Boulevard.
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