YUCAIPA, California – Alora Leigh Salter, 22, of Redlands was killed Tuesday night when she lost control of her 1997 Honda Civic and drifted into opposing traffic where she struck another vehicle head on Bryant Street near Topaz Street, according to a press release issued by the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Department.

Alora Salter was driving northbound on Bryant about 10:30 p.m. when she hit a 2004 Toyota Avalon whose driver was unable to avoid the collision, the report said. Responding rescue workers extricated the young woman and transported her to Loma Linda University Medical Center where she later died at 12:25 a.m. the following morning.

The San Bernardino Sheriff Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the collision to determine what precisely happened that led to the crash.

Yucaipa Car Accident Statistics

According to the California Highway Patrol’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Report there was one person killed and 130 injured in Yucaipa in 2009 traffic accidents.

In California, fatal traffic accidents were down 12% to 2,715 deaths in 2010 compared to 3,090 killed in 2009, according to statistics compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Additionally, national statistics show that traffic fatalities have declined in recent years across the United States, down roughly 3% to 32,885 deaths in 2010 compared to 33,883 killed in 2009.

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