North American Woman Dies In Fiery Crash
A North American woman lost her life early Sunday morning when the vehicle she was driving exploded and she was trapped inside.

Demetria Maria Stone was driving west of San José along the highway to Santa Ana when about 2 kilometres west of the Sabana park when the accident occurred.

According to Tránsito officials (Traffic police) and witnesses who did not want to be identified, the woman lost control of her Isuzu 4x4, presumably she had fallen asleep, hitting a concrete abuttment and car flying in the air from the impact.

Witnesses told police that, as often seen in the movies, the vehicle flipped in the air and exploding on landing.

The impact was so great that attempts to remove the woman from the vehicle was not possible and when Cruz Roja (Red Cross) and Bomberos (firefighters) came on the scene of the accident, there was nothing they could do.

Stone's body was taken to the Medicatura Forense en San Joaquín de Flores (Forensic centre) in Heredia, for analysis to determine the cause of the accident.