Burlingame, CA : Eleven-year-old girl dead in a crash on Interstate 280 on early Sunday morning September 14th 2014

An 11-year-old girl who died in a crash on Interstate 280 in Burlingame early Sunday morning has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as 11-year-old Iliyah Porter. The crash was reported around 12:55 a.m. Sunday on northbound Interstate 280 south of Trousdale Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. A black Chevrolet SUV was heading north on the highway when the driver lost control, went off of the road and down an embankment. The vehicle crashed into a tree and Porter, a San Francisco resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, CHP officials said. The driver was hospitalized with major injuries but is expected to survive. Other passengers in the car were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to the CHP. CHP officials said it appears that everyone was wearing seat belts at the time of the crash and that it does not appear that alcohol played a role. CHP Officer Art Montiel said Tuesday that investigators are looking into the sleepiness of the driver as a possible cause of the crash. Source : Eleven-year-old girl killed in Burlingame crash Sunday identified