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The two women were pronounced dead at the scene. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
DUBLIN, CA Two Dublin women were killed Saturday morning after their car plunged about 100 feet down a Bodega Bay cliff.
The Sonoma County Coroner s Office identified the victims as driver Maria Teixeira, 64, and passenger Elizabeth Correia, 41.
Teixeira was Correia s mother, Bay Area News Group reported. She was a beloved custodian at San Ramon s Montevideo Elementary School for more than 20 years, said San Ramon Valley Unified School District spokesperson Denise Jennison in an email.
Subscribe For years, Mrs. Maria was a fixture in our community. She could be found on our campus every day doing whatever needed to be done to serve the community, wrote Principal Katie Witt in a letter to the school community. Wherever there were people, wherever there was an activity, wherever there was someone who needed help, Mrs. Maria was there and willing to help. The
Instead of enjoying the clear weather and beautiful scenery, dozens of individuals present at a popular Northern California coastal overlook became witnesses to a horrific car crash.
An SUV drove through a parking lot without braking and then plunged off a cliff that resulted in the deaths of two women, investigators said Monday.
Based on the statement of an initial witness, the vehicle drove through a wooden barrier in a large parking area at the Head Trail of the Bodega Bay before it suddenly went off the cliff.
According to Associated Press, California Highway Patrol Officer David de Rutte said the reason behind the crash that happened on Saturday was still under investigation.
Victims in fatal car plunge off Bodega Bay overlook identified as mother, daughter
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Bodega Bay firefighters work to secure the scene of a crash after a vehicle plummeted from the Bodega Head parking lot in Bodega Bay, Calif., through a wood barrier, left, landing upside down 100 feet to the rocky shoreline, killing two people in the SUV, Saturday, April 3, 2021.Kent Porter/AP
The two individuals inside the SUV that crashed through a parking lot and plunged off a Bodega Bay cliff have been identified.
The victims were identified by the Sonoma County Coroner s Office as a mother and daughter, Maria Teixeira, 64, and Elizabeth Correia, 41, both of whom lived in Dublin, Calif.
California Mother And Daughter Dead After Their Car Falls Off Cliff
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The speed of the vehicle stayed consistent as it headed for the cliff
The passengers were identified as Maria Teixeira and Elizabeth Correia
Why Teixeira kept driving even after ramming through a barrier is unclear
A mother and a daughter died after their car had driven off the edge of a Bodega Bay cliff and fell a hundred feet before noon on Saturday.
The passengers of the said vehicle were identified as Maria Teixeira, 64, and Elizabeth Correia, 41, both from San Francisco Bay suburb Pleasanton. Why Teixeira kept driving even after their vehicle had rammed through the barrier remains unclear, California Highway Patrol spokesman David DeRutte said as per NBC News.
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