A 17-year-old girl has been killed and two of her friends have critical injuries after she drove into a wooden light pole while the three were on their way to school in Montgomery County, Maryland.
It happened shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Norwood Road and Nesbitt Farm Lane in Sandy Spring, after the 2005 sedan she was driving failed to make a turn, crashing into the light pole.
The girl died at the scene. The other two occupants of the vehicle, a teenage boy and girl, both 17, were taken to the hospital in “critical but stable condition,” Montgomery County police said. They are also students of the school.
Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring said in a letter that the community grieves the loss of the senior, whose “vibrant presence touched many.”
“Losing a young life is one of the most difficult and painful experiences we face as a community,” Sherwood High School Principal Timothy Britton wrote.
Sherwood High School said that psychologists, social workers and counselors will be available to students and staff in the coming days.
The crash investigation shut down roads at the site of the crash.
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