Car crash involving 8 teens on California highway leaves 1 dead

A 17-year-old boy died after a car with eight teenagers total rolled over and crashed on a quiet road in Southern California this past weekend, authorities announced on Sunday.

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On June 7, around 2:30 a.m., emergency personnel and officials from the Adelanto sheriff’s station in San Bernardino County responded to the intersection of Rancho Road and Lilac Road in Adelanto. According to the Sunday news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, eight teenagers were in a 2013 Dodge Charger traveling at an “excessive speed” when the driver lost control near the intersection and crashed. The car went off the road and rolled on its side, and at least one of the occupants was ejected upon impact, the release says. Though it’s unclear how many of the teens were hospitalized, one occupant, a 17-year-old boy, died from his injuries, a sheriff’s department spokesperson told SFGATE Monday. The boy’s identity has not yet been released.

After the crash, authorities shut down the road for six hours while investigators from the sheriff’s department’s Regional Major Accident Investigative Team conducted interviews and gathered evidence. 

The investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with more information, or who witnessed the crash, is encouraged to call the Apple Valley sheriff’s station at 760-240-7400 or the sheriff’s dispatch at 760-956-5001. 

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