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17-year-old girl passenger dies in Wichita crash; driver taken to hospital

A 17-year-old girl passenger died in a fatal crash on I-135 near Harry in Wichita on Sunday morning. The driver, also 17, was taken to the hospital.
A 17-year-old girl passenger died in a fatal crash on I-135 near Harry in Wichita on Sunday morning. The driver, also 17, was taken to the hospital.

A 17-year-old girl died in a fatal crash on I-135, near Harry, in Wichita at about 9:45 a.m. on Sunday morning.

Diana Lopez, of Park City, was a passenger in a 2000 Honda CR-V heading northbound when the SUV lost control and crashed into a concrete wall. The SUV overturned and she was thrown out, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol.

Lopez was taken to the hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

The driver, a 17-year-old girl from Wichita, was taken to the hospital with possible injuries.

Kaitlyn Alanis: 316-269-6708, @kaitlynalanis

This story was originally published January 21, 2018 at 2:15 PM with the headline "17-year-old girl passenger dies in Wichita crash; driver taken to hospital."

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