Lincolnton , NC : 14- Years old Beatriz Maria Garcia killed after car flips and crashes into church on Sunday morning , May 17th 2015

A 14-year-old girl was reportedly killed early Sunday morning when the car she was riding in crashed into a Lincolnton church at a high rate of speed.

According to sources, the vehicle crashed into the Jesus Name Ministerial Tabernacle on North Aspen Street around 2:35 a.m. Sunday morning. This is near Lincolnton High School.

Witnesses say the four-door sedan was speeding back and forth on the road before the driver lost control and the vehicle left the road and flipped, crashing into a brick wall at the church. “He did like a fishtail and he couldn't gain control of his wheel,” Brandy Polson said. Polson lives just across the street from where the accident happened and says there were three people in the car.

According to those who stopped to help, the car was on fire so strangers ran to pull the victims from the wreckage. A 14-year-old, later identified as Beatriz Maria Garcia. was in the back passenger seat and sources say she died from her injuries.

Garcia was an 8th grader at Asbury Middle School and friends say she went by the nickname "Betty".


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Teen girl reportedly killed when car flips, crashes into church