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Driver Thrown From Truck Dies

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A 32-year-old man died Sunday from injuries he suffered Thursday when he was thrown from his pickup truck during a traffic accident, officials said.

Bernard John Jennings was driving west on Camino de Los Mares at Calle Agua about 11:20 a.m. Thursday when he clipped a van while trying to maneuver around it, said supervising Deputy Coroner Ted Sullivan.

Jennings was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, Sullivan said.

After the crash, Jennings was taken to Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center in Mission Viejo. He died about 1 p.m. Sunday, Sullivan said.

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The crash remains under investigation.

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