Gwinnett County police Wednesday identified the woman killed in a Tuesday morning wreck on Cruse Road as Abeda Aslam, 55, of Lawrenceville.

The crash happened just before 7 a.m. Tuesday on Cruse Road just south of Club Drive near Lawrenceville, Gwinnett police spokesman Ed Ritter said.

According to the Gwinnett police accident report, Aslam, who was driving a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse, pulled out from a stop sign, turned left and failed to yield to a Mitsubishi Montero.

The Montero struck the driver’s side door of the Eclipse, killing Aslam.

The Montero driver and her two passengers, ages 17 and 5, were taken to Gwinnett Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, according to the report.

Cruse Road was closed while police investigated and cleared the wreck.

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