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Head-On Crash Claims A Life

A fatal accident shut down traffic on Highway 132 west of Highway 49 near Coulterville Friday night.

Authorities say one person was killed, three other injured in a head-on traffic collision just before 7 p.m. yesterday at the Mariposa county line. The names of the victim had not been released as of Saturday morning.

A Tuolumne County firefighter at the scene said crews used the Jaws to free the one motorist killed in the wreck. Three people were in the second vehicle sufered injuries. Both lanes of the highway were blocked for more than an hour.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 4:30 pm