COARSEGOLD, California (AP) -- A woman ordered her three children to unbuckle their seatbelts and then steered her car off a 40-foot cliff, killing herself and seriously injuring the youngsters, police said Friday.
Family members told authorities that the woman, Corina Reeves, 32, was terminally ill.
The crash occurred Thursday on a highway 20 miles north of Fresno.
Highway Patrol Officer Rob Krider said the woman picked up her children from school and "drove directly up into the hills. Apparently, she made a couple of U-turns and looked around for a good area to jump her car off a cliff."
"One of the children stated that her mother told her to take off her seatbelt as they drove over the cliff intentionally," Krider said.
Her children, a 6-year-old boy and two girls, ages 9 and 11, remained hospitalized Friday.
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2003-03-08, 04:15 PM
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