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Coroner identifies woman killed in utility pole crash

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By CHRIS KUDIALIS LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 22, 2015 - 8:22 am

The Clark County coroner’s office on Sunday identified the woman who died after crashing her car into a utility pole on Saturday.

Beatrice Valencia, 22 of Las Vegas, was driving a 2008 Dodge Caliber west on Owens Avenue about 7:20 a.m., near the intersection of Owens and Pecos Avenue, when for “unknown reasons,” she veered off the road and crashed into a wooden utility pole, police said. She was critically injured in the crash and died later at University Medical Center.

Contact Chris Kudialis at ckudialis@reviewjournal.com and 702-383-0283. Find him on Twitter: @kudialisrj

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