The 12-year-old girl who died after crashing a car into a tree in Columbia, Maryland, was identified Monday morning, along with her 36-year-old passenger who was seriously hurt.
Josseline Molina-Rivas died at the scene of the crash on Sunday. Her passenger, Mario Arturo-Artiga, 36, remains in serious condition, .
Questions remain over why the girl was driving the vehicle and what the two were doing out early Sunday morning.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. when Molina-Rivas was driving Southbound on Broken Land Parkway just south of Cradlerock Way. The car veered off the road and struck a tree.
The girl isn’t related to Arturo-Artiga, but police said they lived in the same apartment with family members and others.
91欧美激情’s news partner at in the car with her stepfather, Arturo-Artiga.
Speed is believed to be a factor in what caused the car to crash and police say they’re investigating whether drugs or alcohol were involved.
Here’s a map of the area where the crash happened:
