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Woman killed in overnight accident
Posted: 08.20.2011 at 5:20 PM
Rachel Welte

Rachel Welte is the Weekend News Anchor and a General Assignment Reporter.

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EL PASO COUNTY, COLO. -- The Colorado State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash from overnight, although officals do not know exactly when it happened.

The crash scene was discovered around 6:45 a.m. Saturday on Ramah Highway, 1.5 miles north of Judge Orr Road in Eastern El Paso County.

Troopers said a Ford F-150 was traveling southbound on Ramah Highway when the driver lost control, went off the side of the road, rolled, and then colled with a barbed wire fence and wooden post.

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The driver, 39-year-old Elisa Rodriguez-Sanchez of Calhan, was killed in the crash.

Officals said alcohol and speed may have contributed to the crash.

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