Gaston County, NC : 11-year-old boy killed and three other people injured in a vehicle accident on Pinhook Loop Road near Cabin Street on Wednesday evening, April 20, 2016

An eleven-year-old boy was killed and three other people injured in a vehicle accident in Gaston County Wednesday evening, according to officials.

The crash happened just after 6 p.m. on Pinhook Loop Road near Cabin Street. Police said a Ford Explorer was traveling at a high rate of speed when they ran off the road.

The vehicle then hit a pole on the passenger side and landed on its roof. Investigators said no one in the SUV was wearing a seat belt.

The eleven-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Three other passengers, only identified as females, were ejected from the vehicle and seriously injured.

The driver of the SUV, 23-year-old Jason Eugene Pruitt, was arrested and charged with felony involuntary manslaughter, misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, two counts of child abuse, careless and reckless driving, driving without a license and not wearing a seat belt.

The names of the young boy and the others injured have not been released.

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11-year-old boy killed in Gaston Co crash, driver arrested