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Woman dies after being ejected from SUV in east side crash

A strip of yellow crime scene tape with police lights in the background. (WISH Photo from file)

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A woman died and three kids were injured in a carsh on the city’s east side on Monday night.

The crash happened just before 11 p.m. Monday in the 4100 block of East 21st Street. The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as Joellen Vazquez-Cervantes, 39.

After investigating the crash, police say a maroon Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV was traveling west on East 21st Street and lost control on the road. They say it hit a curb on the north side of the street and flipped over. The SUV hit a vehicle parked in a driveway, continued west through a yard, and hit the front porch of a residence, police say.

Police say Cervantes was ejected from the SUV. She died at the scene. Three kids in the vehicle had minor injuries and were taken to Riley Hospital for Children, police say.