Woman killed, CHP officer injured in crash on Highway 101 in Sausalito

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A California Highway Patrol officer was injured and a woman died early Saturday after her vehicle spun out on Highway 101 in Sausalito, officials said.

Officers were traveling south on Highway 101 about 8 a.m. near Spencer Avenue when they saw that a vehicle had spun out and was blocking the slow lane, said Officer Andrew Barclay, a spokesman for the CHP.

The officers pulled up behind the disabled vehicle and turned on their lights. They couldn’t move the vehicle, so they set flares and shut down the lanes.

As they were securing the scene, a Toyota Corolla spun out and started to head toward them. One of the officers was about 100 feet behind the first vehicle that had spun out, and the other officer was behind the patrol car, Barclay said.

The officer behind the patrol car saw the Toyota coming toward him and dived into the back seat of the patrol car just as the Toyota slammed into it, Barclay said.

He was transported to Marin General Hospital with moderate injuries.

The driver of the vehicle, identified Sunday as 72-year-old Laura Lee Pino of Tiburon, was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.

The other CHP officer was not injured.

A man who was driving the first car that had spun out was also unharmed, Barclay said.

“Fortunately, when our officers got on scene, he was outside his vehicle walking around,” Barclay added.

Authorities are investigating what caused the accident.

Sarah Ravani is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: sravani@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @SarRavani