The girl was really lucky there was a restroom nearby. The terrain in much of AZ is so rocky and full of thorny spiny plants it would be dangerous to run through it in a panic. Or simply not possible.
When I’m out hunting around here (Yavapai County AZ), bees are the only wildlife I worry about. I hear that Africanized bees will continue to pursue as far as a mile, and I could not run that far over this country even if I were not being stung.
A local beekeeper told me that Africanized bees have a warning behavior of flying into an intruder, so if you ever notice bees bumping into you, get away from there. She said not to swat any, because the pheromones released by the dying bee would trigger an attack by the rest.