SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A woman and her boyfriend were arrested in connection with the death of the woman’s 7-year-old daughter, who fell from a moving vehicle onto the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway over the weekend, authorities said July 6.
The girl was fatally injured at about 3:40 a.m. July 2 near Weldon Canyon Road, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported.
Officers arrived at the scene after receiving a 911 call from a motorist reporting that a vehicle “had struck an unknown stationary object, which was blocking the roadway …,” according to a CHP statement.
“It was determined that the unknown object was a child which had been struck by several vehicles. After initial investigations, it was determined the 7-year-old female child fell out of the moving 1999 Lincoln Navigator through … an open window, and as a result, sustained fatal injuries. At this time the circumstances behind how she fell out are under investigation,” the CHP reported….