NEVADA COUNTY, Calif. — A 5-year-old girl died to her injuries from a single-vehicle accident in Nevada County Tuesday morning.
According to California Highway Patrol, it happened around 9 a.m. on Tyler Foote Road in the North San Juan community.
CHP says officers found a 1993 Toyota pickup truck on its side on the south side of the road. The driver got himself out of the vehicle but his 5-year-old female passenger was stuck inside.
She was extricated and airlifted to UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento where she was pronounced dead at 2 p.m, according to CHP.
According to officers, the driver drifted off the side of the road and went down an embankment. The right side of the truck hit a pine tree and overturned.
Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected in the crash.
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