OAKLAND -- A 50-year-old woman was killed Sunday night after the car she was driving in East Oakland collided with a concrete wall and overturned, police said Monday.

The name of the woman, an Oakland resident, has not been released.

The wreck happened about 7:08 p.m. Sunday in the 800 block of East Eighth Street.

Police said the woman was driving a 2001 Ford Escort, speeding southbound on Eighth Avenue, when the car crossed the intersection at East Eighth Street and collided with a concrete wall before overturning.

Firefighters had to extricate the woman from the wreckage. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:51 p.m.

Police are trying to determine if alcohol or drugs played a role in the wreck.

Anyone who may have witnessed the wreck is asked to call police traffic investigators at 510-777-8570.

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