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Girl, 17, dies when car drives off Northshore Drive and crashes into home on Jasmine Drive in Benton, Arkansas

Modified Date: 
Tue, 09/01/2015 - 1:05pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Benton wreck kills 17-year-old

Benton police are still working to reconstruct the accident to determine its cause, and further details will be forthcoming, Russell said. The car'€™s driver, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to Saline Memorial Hospital and later transported by medical helicopter to a Little Rock hospital. The Pulaski County coroner'€™s office told Benton police about 3 a.m. that she had died. Wednesday to an accident at an entrance to the Northshore Gardens subdivision, where a car heading west on Northshore Drive had veered off the road, run through a fence and hit the rear of a home on Jasmine Drive, Benton police Lt. Kevin Russell said in a statement.
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Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers, Children/Minors Involved, Property Damage
Roadway: 
Northshore Drive
City: 
Benton, AR
County: 
Saline County, AR
Area: 
Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR

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