Woman, 82, Dies in Car Accident
GARDEN GROVE — An 82-year-old Westminster woman died Tuesday when another car collided with the one she was riding in.
Opal Fern Hathaway was a passenger in a car turning south onto Springdale Street from Chapman Avenue about 1 p.m. As the driver of the car made a left turn, a car traveling east on Chapman collided with it, Garden Grove Police Sgt. Dennis Ellsworth said.
Hathaway died at the scene. The drivers of both cars were taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital. The extent of their injuries was unknown to police Tuesday, Ellsworth said.
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