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21-year-old man, 22-year-old woman, 1-year-old boy injured, taken to hospital, after their jeep leaves the I-8 eastbound roadway near Alpine, and crashes down an embankment before overturning.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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An investigation was underway Thursday in the death of a 22-year-old woman who crashed a Jeep along Interstate 8 in Alpine, injuring a man in the front seat and a 1-year-old boy in a safety seat in the rear.

The woman braked to avoid slowing traffic, swerved, and the Jeep went down an embankment along eastbound lanes, west of Tavern Road, about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein.