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Freeway crash kills Huntington woman

A 24-year-old Huntington Beach woman died after her SUV went out

of control on the Costa Mesa Freeway early Sunday morning.

Megan Toughill was killed in the accident at about 2:30 a.m.

Sunday, Orange County supervising deputy coroner Joseph Luckey said.

The woman was ejected from her 1998 Mitsubishi Montero after it

drifted left in the northbound lanes near Baker Street, struck the

concrete divider and rolled several times, according to a California

Highway Patrol press release.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

An off-duty firefighter performed CPR on Toughill until rescue

crews arrived on the scene, Costa Mesa Fire Capt. Fred Seguin said.

No other vehicles were involved in the accident.

Toughill was wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident,

according to the CHP. The cause is under investigation.

Costa Mesa florist robbed at gunpoint

A robber made off with an unspecified amount of cash from a floral

shop robbery Sunday afternoon.

Two men in a white van parked in front of Western Transfloral in

the 3000 block of Harbor Boulevard at 5 p.m. Sunday, Costa Mesa

Police Sgt. Bob Ciszek said. The driver entered the shop, placed a

handgun against the clerk’s neck and demanded she open the cash

register, Ciszek said.

The clerk complied, and the man took off in the van. No one was

injured.

The suspect is described as a man, age 30 to 40, about 6 feet 3

with black hair and brown eyes.