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Separate Nevada accidents claim lives of two Californians

Monday, Oct. 29, 2007 | 6:37 a.m.

Two California residents have been killed in separate accidents in northern Nevada, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported on Monday.

Investigators said Debra Allen, 48, of Petaluma, Calif., was killed on Thursday when her SUV overturned on U.S. 95 48 miles north of Winnemucca. Allen was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle, the patrol said.

On Friday, Ryan Smith, 27, of Orangeville, Calif., was killed when he lost control of his vehicle and it vaulted into the median of Interstate 80 14 miles east of Wells. The patrol said Smith was wearing a seatbelt and was not ejected.

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