Rollover accident kills GV woman

An 18-year-old Green Valley woman died Sunday afternoon when the pickup truck she was driving rolled over near Mount Hopkins Road in Amado.

Andrea Klawson was ejected from the Ford F-150 pickup truck and pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred around 3 p.m., Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said.

Her 22-year-old boyfriend was flown to a nearby hospital with minor injuries; three children were also rescued, one suffering from a broken arm.

“They were driving along a dirt road near a curve, and we believe speed may have been a factor in the accident,” Estrada said.

The Green Valley, Tubac and Elephant Head fire departments, along with Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputies, responded to the accident.

Klawson was not wearing a seat belt, though her companion and the children were properly belted, Estrada said.

The accident was the second major accident in Santa Cruz County this year. Friday morning, a local U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was airlifted to Tucson after not being able to avoid a tractor-trailer that flipped in front of him in the southbound lane of Interstate 19. The incident happened between the Peck Canyon and Palo Parado exits near Rio Rico.

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