ALPINE, Calif. (KGTV)--One person was killed Sunday morning following a collision on Interstate 8, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A 20-year-old woman driving a black BMW tried to pass a semi-truck on the right side of eastbound I-8 just east of Tavern Road around 11 a.m., CHP officials said.
The BMW, which was traveling at a rate of speed of 90-100 mph, ran into the back of a semi and landed partially in a ditch. The BMW driver died at the crash scene.
The driver of the semi was interviewed and released.
CHP temporarily shut down the Tavern Road onramp to eastbound I-8.
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