Kent County , MI : 17 - years old high School teen driver killed and Passenger injured in Crash after lost control of a 2002 Kia Rio before it struck a tree on Friday night , March 13th 2015

A high school student in the Grand Rapids area has died after losing control of her car and crashing into a tree.

A passenger suffered a broken leg in the crash early Friday night in Kent County's Byron Township.

Seventeen-year-old Victoria Garraus died. She was a student at Byron Center High School, southwest of Grand Rapids.

The sheriff's department says Garraus lost control of a 2002 Kia Rio before it struck a tree. Alcohol was not a factor. The 17-year-old passenger is a student at Byron Center High.


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Teen dies after car crashes into tree in Kent County in western Michigan