CHARLOTTE — A 17-year-old has been arrested after a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student died in a single-car crash last week, police said.
Officers went to Shamrock Drive near Finchley Drive on Dec. 7, where they found a seriously damaged Mazda. Police said the car was headed west on Shamrock Drive when it veered off the side of the road, went airborne and flipped.
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Investigators said the driver was speeding when they lost control of the car.
Allisson Manrique Mejia, a 15-year-old Garinger High School student, died days later. Three of her classmates were seriously hurt.
On Friday, police said the 17-year-old driver had been charged with speeding, no operator’s license, and misdemeanor death by motor vehicle.
The 17-year-old was taken to the Mecklenburg County jail.
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