A 21-year-old Long Beach woman has been arrested on suspicion of DUI after she ran into the back of a stalled vehicle on the 91 freeway in Buena Park, killing the driver inside, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Christen Payne was driving in the No. 2 lane of the 91 freeway in Buena Park near Knott Avenue at a high rate of speed when she rear-ended a Toyota Matrix that had stalled in the same lane.
As a result of the crash, the 37-year-old male driver of the car suffered fatal injuries; his name has not been released pending family notification.
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