Crime & Safety

Fatal Crash Victim on 91 Freeway ID'd

Pomona resident Maral Tavitian died in the wreck, which took place on the eastbound side of the freeway at Pioneer Boulevard about 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, according to authorities.

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The coroner's office Friday identified a 24-year-old woman who was killed on the Artesia (91) Freeway in Artesia in a multiple-vehicle collision that left two other people slightly injured.

Pomona resident Maral Tavitian died in the crash, which took place on the eastbound side of the freeway at Pioneer Boulevard about 9:05 p.m. Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol and the coroner's office.

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The closure caused a major traffic back up on the eastbound Artesia Freeway.

An earlier version of the story identified the victim as a man.

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