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"A young woman who died after a Honda she was traveling in hurtled 400 feet off the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur and landed on the beach below was identified Monday.\u00A0Nina Shizumi Sakima, 20, of San Jose, was ejected from the blue Honda mid-air and she landed on rocks 270 feet below Highway 1 on the morning of Jan. 19.\u00A0The college student was pronounced dead at the scene.Daniel Gowans, 25, of San Jose, was also ejected from the car. Gowans is in a medically induced coma and is suffering from life-threatening spinal injuries at a Bay Area trauma center, officials said.California Highway Patrol Officer Jaime Rios said investigators are still trying to determine who was driving, and what caused the crash. Gowans told investigators that\u00A0Sakima was driving.The Honda had been traveling northbound on Highway 1 and was approaching the Bixby Bridge when it crossed over the southbound lane, drove up a dirt embankment, crashed into a metal guardrail, and flipped off Bixby Bridge.Sakima is survived by her father, mother and sister.\u00A0According to a memorial page for Sakima, she graduated from\u00A0Lehigh High School in 2011, was a student at\u00A0West Valley College, and played competitive field hockey.\"Nina was caring and sensitive. She was fond of arts, loved to dance, and enjoyed playing field hockey. The Sakima family will forever treasure the love and joy Nina has brought them in her short 20 years of life. Her family and friends will always remember Nina\u2019s laughter and smile,\" the memorial page wrote. \"Tragically, a fatal car accident on January 19 forever froze the beautiful and vibrant Nina.\"VIDEO: Is Big Sur's Bixby Bridge safe enough?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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