Officials said Valle was in a car with two others at about 7 a.m. on Interstate 15 where a winter storm had turned the road wet and icy. The male 48-year-old driver lost control of his Sierra pickup truck and slid into the median where the vehicle rolled several times.
The UHP said both Valle and another female passenger were not wearing seat belts. Valle was sitting in the front passenger seat and was ejected during the crash.
Officials say the 28-year-old woman in the car was seriously injured and was flown to a hospital via Life Flight. Meanwhile, the driver was transported by ambulance to Beaver Hospital.
At first it was believed that Valle had the ashes of her mother with her at the time of the accident, but UHP said in a statement, “Ms. Valle did not have her mother’s ashes with her at the time of the crash.”
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