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A 16-year-old Steele Canyon High School junior died in a head-on collision on his way to school Thursday, after getting into a minor crash about 24 hours earlier.

Julian Fraire of El Cajon, who got his provisional driving license in September, veered into oncoming traffic on Steele Canyon Road in Rancho San Diego about 7:25 a.m., authorities said.

The teen was driving a Chrysler Town and Country minivan southbound when he collided with a northbound Ford F450 pickup north of Vista Cielo Drive, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.