Barrhaven woman killed in CA highway crash

Posted Oct 24, 2010 10:42:55 AM.

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An Ottawa woman is dead and her baby boy recovering from serious injuries after a crash in California.

CTV reports Jaye Peterson-Wass, 29, was travelling on a highway south of Davenport when a man driving a jeep crossed the centre line and hit Wass’s civic head-on.

Wass died at the scene and her 10-month old son was rushed to hospital with major injuries. His father and several extended family members are now with him.

Police believe the driver of the jeep was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. The 63-year-old man died a few hours after the accident.

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