ELKO, Nev. – A 15-year-old California girl has died from injuries she suffered in a crash on U.S. Highway 93 about 60 miles north of Ely.

The Nevada Highway Patrol says Lucero Torres of Ventura was ejected from a Chevy Tahoe on Sunday. She was a passenger in the rear seat and had not been wearing a seatbelt.

The patrol's accident report says the crash occurred about 8:15 a.m. after the driver “became inattentive, drove off the road and lost control.”

The driver was identified as 38-year-old Auerlia Aparicio De Chacon of Bakersfield, California. He and six other passengers who were injured were taken to an Ely hospital where there condition was not immediately known.

Information from: Elko Daily Free Press, www.elkodaily.com