Driver, 19-month-old girl, bear all died in crash on Highway 4 in Calaveras County 
 
 Baby, mother killed when car crashes into bear near Angels Camp 
 
 A mother and her baby were killed Thanksgiving night when their vehicle hit a bear on Highway 4 near Angels Camp, according to the Calaveras County coroner. 
 
 Sarah Rohde, 27, was driving east of Angels Camp just after 6 p.m. Thursday when the crash happened. 
 
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 Rohde and her 19-month-old daughter, Ariana, were killed in the crash, family members told KCRA. 
 
 Rhode’s 4-year-old son, Julian, was also in the car. He survived the crash and was taken to UC Medical Center. 
 
 The bear also died. 
 
 Rohde’s family was at the crash scene Friday looking for answers. 
 
 “She was the best mom any child could ever ask for, and she was the best daughter,” Rohde’s mother, Tracy Browning, said. “She was my rock, and I was her rock too.” 
 
 Rohde worked for Tuolumne County as a extreme tour guide at Mercer Caverns in Murphys, her family said. 
 
 “I’m having a hard time, questioning God about this. I really am,” Browning said. 
 
 Family members hope to erect a roadside memorial to the lives lost. 
 
 Those who keep track of bears in Calaveras County said that there are more incidents than ever involving bears on the roadways. 
 
 “The bear population is growing and I don’t see it stopping. There are going to be more wrecks,” Calaveras Fish and Game Commissioner Ron Severud said. 
 
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 A black bear got on Highway 4 after sundown Thursday and a westbound car crashed into the animal, killing the 27-year-old woman driver, a 19-month-old girl and the bear. 
 
 A 4-year-old boy in the car, also a resident of Copperopolis, sustained minor injuries and was flown by helicopter to the University of Davis, California, Medical Center, California Highway Patrol Officer John Fernandez said in a statement. 
 
 Names of the three people involved in the crash were not released by law enforcement. Authorities were still trying to contact family of the deceased victims, Kevin Raggio, Calaveras County coroner, said Friday afternoon. 
 
 The bear got on Highway 4 between Parrotts Ferry Road and Murphys about 6 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, west of Holiday Mine Road, Fernandez said. 
 
 The woman was driving a 2002 Subaru Impreza west on Highway 4 at 55 to 60 miles per hour. The bear entered the road directly in the path of the Subaru, and the car struck the bear and killed it, Fernandez said. 
 
 At the same time, “force of the impact with the bear caused major intrusion into the passenger compartment of the vehicle,” Fernandez said. “The driver and her 19-month-old passenger sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collisio 
 
 Alcohol and drugs were not believed to be factors in the crash. Fernandez described conditions at the time of the crash as cloudy and dry. Sundown before the crash occurred was about 4:45 p.m. 
 
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– A mother and baby were tragically killed Thanksgiving night when their car hit a bear in northern California. KCRA 3 reports that Sarah Rohde, 27, was driving with her two children in Calaveras County after 6pm when her car struck the wild animal. Rohde and her 19-month-old daughter Ariana died. The bear was also killed in the accident. Per the Union Democrat, Rohde’s four-year-old son Julian survived the crash and was flown to University of Davis Medical Center by helicopter to treat minor injuries. “She was the best mom any child could ever ask for, and she was the best daughter,” said Rohde’s mother, Tracy Browning. “She was my rock, and I was her rock too.” An uptick in car accidents involving bears in the area has officials growing concerned. Calaveras Fish and Game Commissioner Ron Severud told KCRA 3, “The bear population is growing and I don’t see it stopping. There are going to be more wrecks.” (An Alaskan boy lived to tell the tale of a bear crashing through his bedroom window.)