IRVINE – Authorities have identified a 22-year-old woman who died after a four-vehicle collision at an Irvine intersection Tuesday afternoon that left one other woman injured.

Orange County Coroner’s Office officials late Tuesday identified Elizabeth Eddleman of Irvine as the woman who died after her car was reportedly struck in an afternoon collision.       

Officers about 4:15 p.m. responded to an accident at the intersection of University Drive and Rosa Drew Lane, just before Rosa Drew turns into Ridgeline Drive in the University Park community, Irvine police Lt. Julia Engen said.

Police say that according to their preliminary investigation, a 2010 BMW coupe traveling south on Rosa Drew Lane was struck by a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer traveling west on University Drive.

The SUV apparently crashed into the BMW on the driver’s door, police said, causing the two vehicles to careen toward a postal truck and a minivan in the intersection.

Eddleman, who was driving the BMW, had to be cut from the car before being taken to a hospital in critical condition, Engen said. She died after being taken from the scene.

The driver of the SUV, who police identified only as a 26-year-old Corona del Mar resident, was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The occupants of the minivan and the postal truck were not injured.

The eastbound lanes of University were closed for more than five hours after the crash, snarling traffic in the area.

Investigators have not yet determined which vehicle had right of way in the intersection.

Cause of the Irvine Car Accident

If news accounts from the Orange County Register  reports are accurate, the SUV driver likely is responsible for causing this accident.  However, the incident is still under investigation by the  Irvine Police Department.

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