Crime & Safety

Long Beach Woman, Son Killed in Utah Crash

The woman and the boy who died in the Dec. 23 crash near Green River was ID'd as 23-year-old Maria Gonzalez and Victor Perez.

A 25-year-old man was reported to be hospitalized in Colorado on Tuesday, a week after the SUV he was driving rolled over on Interstate 70 in Utah, killing a Long Beach woman and her 7-year-old son.

Six other passengers -- a 30-year-old woman and five children ages 1 to 8, also from Long Beach -- were recovering from less serious injuries they suffered in the rollover crash, the Long Beach Press-Telegram report.

The Utah Highway Patrol identified the woman and the boy who died in the Dec. 23 accident on Interstate 70 near Green River as 23-year-old Maria Gonzalez and Victor Perez.

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The SUV was eastbound when it allegedly drifted off the left side of the road and the driver over-corrected, careening down an embankment. Seven of the vehicle’s nine occupants were ejected, the Press-Telegram reported.

The 25-year-old male driver remains in critical condition at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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The accident remains under investigation, but state troopers believe many of those ejected were not wearing seatbelts.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock

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