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The mother, the 8-year-old son were identified as victims in a fatal accident near Lake Pleasant
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The mother, the 8-year-old son were identified as victims in a fatal accident near Lake Pleasant

PEORIA, AZ (AZ Family) — A Phoenix woman and her young son are dead in their wake a rollover accident over the weekend in the West Valley.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety says they were killed in a single-vehicle crash Saturday night along State Route 74 (Carefree Highway) at mile marker 14. That’s about Quintero Lane and Quintero Golf Club.

DPS identified the woman driving as Elizabeth Paola Standefer, 45, and her 8-year-old son, both of Phoenix.

A DPS spokesman said the Chevrolet Tahoe was eastbound on SR 74 around 6:15 p.m. when, for unknown reasons, the SUV left the roadway to the right. The Tahoe then rolled, ejecting the child.

Standefer and her son were both pronounced dead at the scene.

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