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PHOENIX -- Police have released the name of a Phoenix woman killed in a fatal crash that left her two children seriously injured.

Phoenix Police Department spokesman James Holmes said Monday that Nora C. Payan-Munoz, 43, was killed after her car was smashed from behind and sent into oncoming traffic.

Phoenix police said she was slowing into a left-turn lane in west Phoenix on Saturday afternoon when another driver veered into the lane and rear-ended her car.

The collision sent Payan-Munoz's car into oncoming traffic lanes, and another car smashed into its side.

Her 6-year-old and 13-year-old sons were taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Police said there were no immediate indications of impairment by the other drivers but added that they would be evaluated.

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    Michoacan wrote...
    Important driver safety tip:
    June 18, 2012 8:27 am
    Do not turn your wheels left while awaiting a left turn opportunity for the reasons illustrated by this tragedy.
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    vwdude wrote...
    You are not correct, this
    June 18, 2012 9:31 am
    illustrates whether the wheels were strait or turned she would have been shot into the intersection from a high speed ("smashed from behind") rear impact. How you came to this conclusion from the story writen above is beyond me.
    That's how I roll!
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