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Karina Cruz-Camuy died at 3:20 p.m. at the scene of the crash on Wabank Road near Rabbit Hill Lane in Lancaster Township, Deputy Chief Coroner Eric Bieber detailed in the release.
The crash happened at 1:03 p.m. on Dec. 25, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.
The coroner was called to the scene at 3:08 p.m. Cruz was found ejected from the front passenger seat with "significant trauma," Bieber said. An autopsy on the morning of Dec. 26 revealed her cause of death to be multiple traumatic injuries and the manor to be accidental.
"Four other occupants of various vehicles were taken to Lancaster General for injuries," Manheim Township police announced in a release on Tuesday night, noting that "one of the occupants was a minor and later transported to Hershey Medical Center. The driver of the third vehicle was reportedly uninjured"
The area was closed to traffic for approximately five hours, according to 511PA.
Manheim Township Police is investigating the crash.
Karina lived in the first block of Fredrick Street in Lancaster City. Several of her family members live in the area but originally are from Florida, according to city police. She most recently worked as a hostess at a Marriott International located in Lancaster County, as detailed on her LinkedIn.
In addition to her extended family, she is survived by her "two young children," Vanessa Machicote wrote on a GoFundMe she launched for the family.
Additional information about Karina was not immediately available as funeral and memorial service details have yet to be shared at the time of publication.
This is one of three fatal crashes that Daily Voice has reported on Boxing Day. Click here to read about the second one in Lancaster County, which was a head-on crash that killed a girl on Christmas Eve. You can read about Sara Gifford, a Ph.D. student, adjunct professor, and Gettysburg College staff member, who died in a tractor-trailer crash on US Route 15, by clicking here.
Click here to donate to the GoFundMe.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated to include quotes from a Manheim Township police release issued after 6 p.m. on Tuesday and the GoFundMe published the following week.
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