Authorities Tuesday released the name of a 23-year-old woman who died after a traffic crash on an East Village-area freeway connector.

Kaya Ray of San Diego was taking the ramp from southbound Interstate 5 to eastbound state Route 94 when the sedan she was driving veered off the roadway for unknown reasons shortly before 11 p.m. Oct. 6.

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The vehicle then struck a tree, according to the county Medical Examiner’s Office .

Paramedics took Ray to Scripps Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest, where she died two days later.

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