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19-year-old dies in car crash at South Mountain

Posted at 11:28 AM, Dec 18, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-18 15:34:17-05

An accident at South Mountain Park seriously injured three people and killed one 19-year-old woman on Thursday afternoon, officials said.

According to the Phoenix Police Department, a vehicle which was transporting four individuals was driving too fast when it left the road and hit a boulder and then rolled over.

Police said Maribeth Magallanes was pronounced dead, and three people were transported to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Police believe none of the passengers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the incident. 

Images from Air15 showed one individual who was carried out on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance from the scene.

Police are investigating the incident.