12-year-old driver crashes SUV into tree, pre-teen passenger killed, Dallas police say
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DALLAS - Dallas police are investigating a single car crash that killed a 12-year-old passenger, where the driver was also a 12-year-old.
Police say the crash happened around 8:40 a.m. on Thursday, January 4 on Lasater Road in southeast Dallas.
Investigators say the SUV the 12-year-old was driving south on Lasater when the vehicle went off the road and hit a tree.
A 12-year-old passenger died at the scene.
The 12-year-old driver and 2 other passengers, 11 and 12, were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
A friend of the 12-year-old who died talked to FOX 4 on Friday.
"I couldn't believe because it's actually taking me time to realize he's dead," he said. "He was just too young to die."
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Police did not give any information about the owner of the vehicle or how the children took it.
The crash is under investigation.