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16-year-old girl dead, 5 others injured in Waxahachie crash, officials say

The single-car crash killed the 16-year-old driver at the scene and seriously injured the five other passengers in the car, officials said.

WAXAHACHIE, Texas — Updated at 8:57 p.m. with the victim's name and photo from the family.

A teenage girl is dead and five other teens are injured after a Saturday car crash in Waxahachie, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Sunday.

The crash happened Saturday around 2:30 p.m. in Waxahachie when the 16-year-old girl, who was driving a 2007 Honda Accord, didn't take a curve in the road correctly and ended up driving off fo the left side of the road at 122 Shoreside Trail. The car hit a culvert and came to a stop. 

The impact killed the driver at the scene, and five other people in the car—a 16-year-old girl, a 17-year-old girl, a 16-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy—were all seriously injured and were all taken to area hospitals, Texas DPS officials said. All of the people in the crash were from Waxahachie, except for the 17-year-old boy, who was from Garland, officials said.

Family confirmed to WFAA Sunday the name of the 16-year-old driver was Christina Titiana Errisuriz, who was on her way to get her hair colored for the first day of school.

At this time, Texas DPS said it will not be releasing the names of the other people involved because they are juveniles.

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