LAGUNA BEACH – A woman involved a hit-and-run crash in Rancho Mission Viejo was fatally struck in a separate collision after exiting the vehicle in Laguna Beach, police said Thursday.

Officers responded to the fatal crash just after 7 p.m. Wednesday on El Toro Road south of the 73 Toll Road overpass, according to the Laguna Beach Police Department.

First responders aided a 46-year-old woman, who was rushed to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, where she was later pronounced dead, police said. Her name was not immediately released.

Investigators suspect the woman was behind the wheel of a U-Haul truck involved in a hit-and-run crash earlier that day in Rancho Mission Viejo, police said. The other driver trailed her as she fled and parked the truck next to the roadway, blocking the outbou

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