(CROWN POINT, Ind.) -- A 14-year-old girl died after the car she was in hit a deer early Monday and was then struck by an SUV near Crown Point in northwest Indiana.
Sage Albert, of Union, Ohio, was in a Honda Fit that hit a deer head-on at about 2:50 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-65 a mile south of State Road 231, according to Indiana State Police.
The Honda then hit a median and stopped in the far left lane, state police said.
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The driver of the Honda was taken to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Crown Point with injuries that were not life-threatening, state police said.
The driver of the SUV refused treatment.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash, state police said. Charges may be filed after the report is reviewed by prosecutors.