Woman dies in crash with car carrier

A woman was killed early Saturday and her two passengers injured after rear-ending a car carrier that had stopped on the side of Interstate 5 in Cardiff.

California Highway Patrol officials said the driver of the car carrier had pulled off to the side of the northbound freeway just north of Manchester Avenue about 2 a.m. to fix a loose strap.

While he was tightening the strap on the back right corner of his truck, the woman, driving a 2009 Nissan Sentra, drifted off the interstate and crashed into the back right portion of the trailer.

The woman, whose name was not released, was killed, the CHP said. Her two passengers were injured and taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. The car carrier driver sustained minor injuries to his left leg.