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A teenage girl died Friday night after a vehicle she was in rolled near Willard Bay.
About 6:25 p.m., a black Toyota she was driving southbound on Interstate 15 drifted toward the center median. The 17-year-old swerved back to the right, then overcorrected to the left, causing the Toyota to spin sideways, according to a Utah Highway Patrol news release.
The Toyota then rolled into the median at mile post 355, near the bay, throwing her from the vehicle, according to the release. Troopers say she was not wearing a seat belt.
An 18-year-old male passenger also was not wearing a seat belt, but was thrown around the vehicle without being ejected, the release adds.
"The female driver initially had a faint pulse. CPR was performed and a medical helicopter was dispatched to the scene," the release reads. "... After about 30 minutes of life saving efforts, the female was pronounced deceased and the helicopter left."
The passenger was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, and has since been treated and released.
Troopers responding to the accident blocked off I-15's southbound lanes to let the medical helicopter land and temporarily diverted traffic onto State Route 89.
"UHP reminds all occupants in any vehicle to always wear their seat belts properly any time the vehicle is in motion," the release states. "It is likely the driver in this crash could have survived had she been properly restrained."
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