RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Authorities Monday identified a motorist who was killed when a wheel and tire that had come loose from a pickup truck crashed into her SUV on the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach.

Judith Yourman, 61, of Rancho Palos Verdes, was driving a 2019 BMW X3 in the No. 1 lane of the northbound freeway near Wardlow Road when she was fatally injured about 1 p.m. Sunday, according to the coroner's office and the California Highway Patrol. A man riding in the BMW was taken to a hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries.

A Dodge Ram pickup truck was in the No. 4 lane of the southbound freeway when "for an undetermined reason (the) Dodge lost the rear left wheel/tire," according to a CHP statement. "The wheel/tire traveled ... across all southbound lanes before colliding with the center median and getting ejected to the northbound lanes into oncoming traffic. The wheel/tire collided with the driver side compartment of Yourman's BMW. This impact crushed the driver side compartment where Yourman was positioned, causing Yourman to suffer fatal injuries."