Julie Allen ’05 died along with two other people Saturday in a 10-car pileup on the Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach.

Allen, who was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection for Stanford’s track & field and cross country teams in the early 2000s, was driving at a speed of close to 90 miles per hour when she lost control of her vehicle and veered into oncoming traffic, according to a preliminary accident report.

Before coming to Stanford, Allen was a state champion at Corona del Mar High School. At Stanford, Allen studied English and helped the Cardinal win the 2004 Pac-10 cross country team championship.

Also killed in the wreck were Christopher De La Cruz, 49, of Laguna Niguel and his mother, Linda Burnett, 69, of Santa Ana, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

–Daniel Bohm