4-year-old girl killed in ATV crash in Tulare County, man arrested

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral suspected of driving nether the power was arrested aft a kid was ejected from a clang successful Tulare County, the California Highway Patrol announced.

Just earlier 9 p.m. Saturday, officers accidental they responded to a telephone regarding a solo conveyance clang connected Road 267, northbound of Avenue 72, southeast of Terra Bella.

Investigators study a 42-year-old Terra Bella antheral was driving northbound connected Road 267 successful a 2015 Polaris RZR XP4, a benignant of ATV, astatine an unconfirmed speed.

For reasons yet to beryllium determined, CHP says 1 of the 2 juvenile passengers was ejected from the vehicle, hitting the asphalt roadway. The four-year-old miss was transported to a section hospital, wherever she was pronounced dead.

Officers reported connected country that the operator exhibited signs of intoxicant intoxication and was subsequently arrested connected suspicion of DUI.

The suspected DUI operator and the kid person not yet been identified.