13-year-old dies after car crashes in police pursuit
SAYRE, Okla. (KSWO/Gray News) - A 13-year-old girl is dead after a police pursuit with a speeding car driven by a 15-year-old, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
The OHP says a 15-year-old girl was speeding westbound on OK-152 around 3 a.m. Sunday in Sayre. She had a 13-year-old passenger in the car. Officers with the Cordell and Sayre Police Departments pursued the two girls, KSWO reports.
The driver lost control of the SUV, and it left the road, hitting a building.
The 13-year-old was pinned in the vehicle for 30 minutes before the Sayre Fire Department freed her. She was pronounced dead at the scene with head injuries.
The driver went to Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City in good condition.
The incident remains under investigation.
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