(UPDATE: 12/27/23) - The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Coroner Bureau identified the woman killed in the crash as Rosa Isela Mendez, 25, of Bakersfield.
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A Bakersfield woman was killed and two other people injured in a rollover crash on Highway 166 Monday just west of New Cuyama.
It happened around 4:24 p.m. just east of Aliso Canyon Road.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the vehicle, described as a Chevrolet Express, was heading eastbound on the highway when, for unknown reasons, it drifted off the road and onto the right shoulder.
Investigators say the 19-year-old female driver then lost control, causing the vehicle to hit a dirt embankment before overturning and landing on its roof on the asphalt.
The driver and a male passenger, whose age was not disclosed, were taken to the hospital for treatment of major injuries. A 23-year-old woman was killed. Her name has not yet been released.
All three people involved were from Bakersfield.
