HANOVER TWP, PA : A 16-year-old girl died after a crash in Hanover Township on April, Saturday 15th 2017

A 16-year-old girl died after a crash in Hanover Township on Saturday night.

The Luzerne County Coroner’s Office identifed the victim as Jasmine Cardona, 16, of Plymouth.

She was one of four teenaged occupants in the car that veered off South Main Street and struck a utility pole on Saturday night.

The coroner’s office said Jasmine was a passenger in the vehicle and died as a result of multiple traumatic injuries at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medica Center in Plains Twp. after the crash. Her manner of death, like the crash itself, remains under police investigation.

Hanover Township Police Chief Albert Walker offered few details on the crash Monday morning, but did confirm that all four occupants of the vehicle at the time were teenagers.

Township police continue to investigate the crash that occurred around 11 p.m. on South Main Street near Strand Street in the Lee Park section of town. Police said the vehicle was traveling south and crossed into the northbound lane before striking a utility pole.

The car stopped in an open field and all of the occupants were taken by ambulance to hospitals, police said in a release.

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Police identify teen who died in weekend crash