Active duty Marine succumbs to her injuries after rain-caused crash

An active duty Marine, believed to be based out of Camp Pendleton, succumbed to injuries she received in a collision that occurred April 22 because of intermittent rain showers.

According to California Highway Patrol (CHP) sergeant Tom Greenstone, 22-year-old Corporal Samantha Schultz, a resident of Temecula, was driving her gray Mazda eastbound on Camino del Rey in Bonsall, just east of Golf Club Drive at 5:19 p.m. on April 22 when the accident occurred.

Schultz was driving at an “unknown speed” on the wet roadway when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a telephone pole, officers repo...