HUNTINGTON BEACH – Authorities Friday identified a 93-year-old woman who was fatally injured when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle in Huntington Beach.
The crash occurred about 4:40 p.m. May 11 at Magnolia Street and Garfield Avenue, the Huntington Beach Police Department reported.
Mary Margaret Machulda of Fountain Valley died at UCI Medical Center, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
According to the HBPD, Machulda was driving a Buick Riviera north on Magnolia Street when she turned left onto Garfield Avenue in front of a southbound Jeep Wrangler, and the vehicles collided.
The other motorist, a 48-year-old Huntington Beach man, remained at the scene and was interviewed by authorities. He was not injured, police said.
“Impairment did not appear to be a factor with the Wrangler driver,” police said.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call police Investigator J. Rounds at 714-536-5670.
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