Fortune Williams, 14, died in a crash at North Conduit Avenue and 160th Street in Queens, New York
14-year-old girl in BMW killed in violent Queens car crash: NYPD
The passenger, a 14-year-old girl identified as Fortune Williams, was pronounced dead at the scene on North Conduit Avenue and 160th Street in the Springfield Gardens following the crash that happened around 6:45 p.m., police said.
Girl, 14, killed in high-speed BMW crash with UPS truck in Queens: NYPD
A 14-year-old girl died Wednesday when she was ejected from a BMW driven by a 16-year-old boy who crashed into a UPS truck and a tractor-trailer in Queens, police said.
14-Year-Old Girl Killed in High-Speed Crash With UPS Truck in Queens
Fortune Williams was the passenger in a red BMW sedan that police said was traveling at a high rate of speed along North Conduit Avenue in Springfield Gardens Wednesday evening.
Queens teen killed in crash remembered for her 'glamour' and 'wit'
Florence Mbiaasu, a family friend who started a GoFundMe to raise money for Williams' grieving mother, said she had been doing the 14-year-old's hair since she was in middle school.
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