A 21-year-old woman from Carmichael was killed and a man was seriously injured Thursday evening in a solo-vehicle crash on Interstate 80.

According to the California Highway Patrol’s Auburn area office, the collision occurred around 7:30 p.m. on the westbound side of I-80, just east of Penryn Road in unincorporated Placer County. CHP investigators said a 1997 Toyota 4Runner was traveling in the right lane when it may have experienced a tire issue.

The CHP said the vehicle veered off the road, overturned onto its side and struck a tree.

Emergency personnel transported the 27-year-old male driver, also from Carmichael, to a hospital with serious injuries. The female passenger — who has not been identified by the Placer County Sheriff’s Office coroner division — was pronounced dead at the

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