Girl, 6, Killed as Car Flips on Roadway
A 6-year-old San Diego girl was killed Saturday morning when the car she was riding in flipped over on a Mission Valley freeway ramp after being sideswiped.
Elise Arent was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.
Injured in the 11:30 a.m. traffic accident were her father, Terry Arent, 32, who was listed in serious condition at Mercy Hospital, and her mother, Shelly Arent, 32, who was treated for minor injuries at the UC San Diego Medical Center.
They were not wearing seat belts, officials said. But another child in the car, identified as 1-year-old Ashley Arent, was strapped into an infant seat and escaped unharmed.
Kathy Gill, a California Highway Patrol spokeswoman, said the accident occurred when another vehicle illegally passed the Arent car on the ramp leading from southbound California 163 to westbound Interstate 8.
She said the passing car struck the Arent vehicle, which then overturned. The driver of the other car, Gary R. Hoag, 26, of San Diego was being questioned, the CHP said.
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