Girl killed, 3 other kids hurt in I-17 rollover crash; mother arrested
A woman has been arrested after a Sunday morning rollover crash on a Phoenix freeway left one of her children dead, and several of them hurt.The single-car crash happened at 7:30 a.m. on April 12 along northbound Interstate 17 at Peoria Avenue. Four people were taken to a hospital, including a 1-year-old girl, a 3-year-old boy and an 11-year-old boy. The driver, 30-year-old Brenda Liliana Rivera Estrada of Phoenix, was also hurt and hospitalized.Rivera's 9-year-old daughter died at the scene. DPS says she was sharing a seat belt with a sibling when she was ejected from the car.The other children were treated at a hospital and released.The crash shut down northbound I-17 for several hours.On Monday, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Estrada had been released from the hospital and booked into jail.She's accused of manslaughter and child abuse. Estrada is being held on a $100,000 bond.The 9-year-old girl wasn't identified, and it's unknown what caused the crash.Map of area where the crash happened:
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