LEWES, Del. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the crash of a small all-terrain vehicle that left a 16-year-old Delaware girl dead and four other teenage girls injured.
State police said the incident happened about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in Lewes.
Investigators said one of the girls was driving a John Deere Gator on a private asphalt driveway off Robinsonville Road when she tried to negotiate a left curve at a high rate of speed. The ATV began skidding, slid off the driveway and began to overturn, striking a tree.
One girl, 16, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two of the girls, ages 15 and 16, were taken by helicopter to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Another 16-year-old and 17-year-old suffered minor injuries.