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By Evan Sernoffsky
Updated 2:22 pm, Sunday, August 23, 2015
A woman was killed and a 9-year-old girl was injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night on Highway 101 in San Jose.
A 34-year-old woman was killed and her 9-year-old passenger was injured after she lost control of her car on Highway 101 in San Jose and hit a tree late Saturday, California Highway Patrol officials said.
The woman, who was not identified, was speeding in her 2000 Honda Civic northbound on the freeway just before midnight when she lost control north of Capitol Expressway, the CHP said.
For an unknown reason, the woman “made an unsafe turning movement,” causing her to careen off the highway and slam into a tree on the right shoulder of the roadway, CHP officials said.
The young girl in the passenger seat, who was not identified, was taken to Valley Medical Center with minor injuries. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
Two lanes of the highway were shut down for about 2½ hours while authorities processed the scene.
It was not clear if the woman and the girl were related.