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A 29-year-old woman from Brawley was killed in a collision involving a semi-truck in El Centro on Monday morning, October 5, 2026.
According to the El Centro Police Department, the crash occurred at around 8:00 a.m. in the 1000 block of East Main Street.
Responding officers found a severely damaged silver Nissan Murano trapped beneath the trailer of a semi-truck.
Emergency medical personnel arrived and pronounced the woman dead at the scene. She was the sole occupant of the Nissan. Authorities withheld her name pending notification of her family.
A preliminary investigation indicated that the semi-truck was exiting a driveway and attempting to turn eastbound onto East Main Street when it collided with the Nissan, which was traveling westbound in the inside lane.
The semi-truck driver was not injured. The investigation remains ongoing.
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