Driver charged in Bonney Lake crash that killed 18-year-old

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A 19-year-old woman has been charged in connection to a Bonney Lake crash that killed another woman.

The News Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/2hHRdmR ) that the driver on Tuesday was charged with vehicular homicide and reckless endangerment in connection to the Sept. 11 crash that killed 18-year-old MacKenzie Rae Martin.

The driver was with Martin and a 16-year-old passenger on Sept. 11 when they went over a hill, flew nearly 150 feet and then careened out of control, striking a sign and a tree. Investigators say the vehicle was traveling at more than three times the posted speed limit.

The driver and the 16-year-old were wearing seatbelts and suffered minor injuries. Martin, who was in the front passenger seat without a seatbelt, was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.

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Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com