A 32-year-old woman has been identified as the victim of a fatal 5 Freeway crash on the Newhall Pass Tuesday.
Jacqueline Nicole Maynard, 32, was killed as a result of the crash involving a semi truck on the Newhall Pass truck route, according to Sarah Ardalani with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
Coroner’s officials did not have a place of residency on file for Maynard.
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Around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received a call involving a person trapped after a car crash collided with a semi truck on the northbound 5 Freeway, just south of the 14 Freeway, according to Austin Bennett, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
“The first on scene engine reported there is one vehicle trapped underneath a semi truck and that there is one person trapped,” Bennett said.
Maynard was declared dead at the scene, according to Fire officials.
The California Highway Patrol is still actively investigating the circumstances that led up to the crash, but believe drugs were a factor.
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RIP Jackie. You are missed.