San Jose: Passenger killed in freeway ramp collision

SAN JOSE--A 27-year-old woman was killed early Saturday morning when she was thrown over a retaining wall after being struck by a car on a major freeway interchange, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office as Laura Banuelos, the woman was a passenger in a Honda that crashed into a retaining wall on northbound Interstate 680 shortly before 2 a.m., according CHP officer Robert Montano. The driver of the Honda had just turned onto the northbound I-680 ramp from northbound Highway 101.

After leaving the car, Montano said, Banuelos was hit and thrown over the retaining wall by a Mazda that was merging onto I-680 from southbound 101.

The crash remained under investigation Saturday, Montano said, adding that CHP investigators do not suspect that alcohol or drugs were factors in the collision.

Banuelos' last address was not immediately known, the medical examiner's office said.

Contact Joe Rodriguez at 408-920-5767. Follow him at Twitter.com/joerodmercury.

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San Jose: Passenger killed in freeway ramp collision