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[KHTS] -The Lancaster woman killed in a single-car crash Monday night on the southbound Highway 14 has been identified, coroner’s officials said Wednesday.

The woman was identified as 25-year-old ShaNita Kelly, said Lt. Kelly Yagerlener of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.

According to her Facebook page, Kelly works in the customer service department at a local WalMart store and is the mother of two young boys.

She is also an Antelope Valley High School graduate and studied at the Career Care Institute.

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The accident occurred Monday at 9:31 p.m. north of Newhall Ave. on the SR-14, according to the California Highway Patrol report.

The woman was driving a 2003 Chevy and made an unsafe turn which cause her to lose control of the car, according to the CHP report.Lancaster Woman Killed In 14 Freeway Crash Monday Night

The car veered off the roadway, slammed into a guardrail, became airborne and then rolled several times, landing on its roof on a dirt embankment on the side of the road on Newhall Avenue.

Both CHP and Los Angeles County Fire Department officials responded to the scene.

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47 Comments

  1. :( so sad !!! May God bless her soul and protect her Children♡

  2. So sad. Praying for her family and friends

  3. Mary Hopkins says:

    I wish for you peace and rest

  4. Praying for her sons and family.

  5. Prayers to her family and her 2 boys that no longer have they’re mother.

  6. Prayers to her family and her 2 boys that no longer have they’re mother.

  7. Prayers to her family and her 2 boys that no longer have they’re mother.

  8. Militza de R says:

    OMG!!! I can’t believe it!!!!

  9. Militza de R says:

    OMG!!! I can’t believe it!!!!

  10. Militza de R says:

    OMG!!! I can’t believe it!!!!

  11. Ashley Melissa Zetina

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  14. Rip gril god bless your soul

  15. Prayers to the family rip shanita

  16. Ronie Rowsey says:

    My condolences to the family. R.I.P.

  17. Cathy Jaimes says:

    So sad God bless his soul.

  18. So tragic RIP sweet angel God bless your children and family

  19. RIP. Prayers for her family and friends.

  20. RIP. Prayers for her family and friends.

  21. So sorry to the family ,may God bless ,

  22. So sorry to the family ,may God bless ,

  23. Roni Walker says:

    Love you ShaNita Kelly !!!

  24. Linda S says:

    My deepest condolences to the family.

  25. The Lord takes you in his arn….

  26. So sorry for her family and friends.

  27. So sorry, she was one of the most helpful people in Customer Service at the Wal-Mart in Stevenson Ranch. Always helpful and smiling. R.I.P.❤

  28. Apryl Levine says:

    My heart aches for her beautiful boys. May their new angel watch over them always. ♡

  29. Tina Page says:

    This is quite sad to me. She was a smart young woman and very happy and always smiled. My condolences to her family. Those two boys will take it hard but I believe family will help them cope. Rest in peace ShaNika. Tina Page.

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