A spate of traffic mishaps has killed or fatally injured 7 people in a 36-hour period. A passenger lost her life early Saturday when a vehicle veered off the 91 freeway in Riverside, overturned and hit a tree. The driver survived. Killed was Tashia McSwain, 47, of San Bernardino. Earlier Friday, a rear-end collision on Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass claimed the life of Kristina Adams, 39, of Las Vegas. A few hours earlier in the Morongo Valley, a crash on Route 62 killed Mark Wright, 58, of Yucca Valley. Earlier Friday, a man died in the front yard of a Winchester church following a crash on Taylor Street. He was identified as John Aker, 50, of Winchester. In Bloomington, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a passing vehicle on Valley Boulevard. The driver fled the scene. Victims of two late Thursday mishaps in San Bernardino County have been identified. A motorcycle accident in Victorville claimed the life of Jason Bryant, 32, of Apple Valley. And a pedestrian struck and killed in an unmarked crosswalk in Highland was identified as Pablo Avila, age 64.
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