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ID Still Pending On Woman Killed In Canyon Country

Coroner’s officials are still working through the legal process to notify the next of kin for a woman killed near the Backwoods Inn.


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Sheriff’s Station deputies reported the woman, who was caucasian, from Valencia and in her 40s, was killed Nov. 7 in a vehicle versus pedestrian collision, in which the driver pulled over after the crash, was cooperative and not charged with a crime.

Coroner’s officials confirmed the woman’s cause of death was a blunt force trauma from a collision, which was ruled an accident.

Family members are working through the legal process to assist in the identification process and release of the body from the Coroner’s Office, according to officials. There is still an immediate family members being sought for notification.

The collision was reported at 6:19 p.m..fatal, and the woman was struck while crossing the northbound lanes, according to Sheriff’s Station officials.

Initial reports indicate the woman was stuck while in the No. 2 (second leftmost) lane of northbound traffic.

 

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ID Still Pending On Woman Killed In Canyon Country

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at [email protected].