A 15-year-old girl who got behind the wheel without a license and rear-ended another vehicle has died of her injuries, the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Police Department said.
The unidentified teen and two friends went joyriding June 5 on South Nogales Highway in a 2007 black Infiniti G35 that witnesses said was speeding before it crashed into a 2019 white Audi SUV around 8 p.m., TPD said.
Roadway evidence also showed “that excessive speed and failure to reduce/control speed by the driver of the Infiniti are major contributing factors in the collision,†a TPD news release said.
“The Infiniti ran into the rear of the Audi at a high rate of speed,†near the 6200 block of the highway, it said. “After the collision, the Infiniti traveled through a guardrail and came to rest on the west side of Nogales Highway.â€
The crash sent the teen driver and three others to the hospital, two of them passengers from the teen’s car and one from the other vehicle.
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The teen died two days later on Monday, June 7. The condition of survivors was not immediately available.
The crash remains under investigation.
