A 61-year-old Stanton woman has died after the car she was riding in was rear-ended and caught fire on the 405 freeway in Fountain Valley, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Nguyet Yen Thi Hua was a passenger in a 1999 Dodge Ram van driven by her husband, Duong Nguyen, 66, of Stanton. The van was south on the 405 freeway when it was hit from behind by a 2003 Ford Mustang. The impact sent the van into the center divider, where it was hit by two other vehicles before becoming engulfed in flames.
Nguyen escaped the burning van, but his wife was trapped inside. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The drivers of the three other vehicles involved in the crash were taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries, according to the CHP.
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