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One passenger killed, another in critical condition following crash on Lockwood Drive

Updated Jan. 16 at 9:30 a.m.

Montgomery County police identified the victim of the fatal crash in White Oak on Wednesday.

15-year-old Tayeba Rezaie, of Pasadena, was a passenger in a Lexus that was traveling south on Lockwood Drive near Northwest Drive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to witnesses, the driver of the Lexus overtook a RideOn Flash bus and then entered the intersection of Lockwood and Northwest drives. The driver, an 18-year-old male, then veered left to avoid hitting a Toyota Corolla but ending up clipping the front of that car. That driver lost control and left the road and crashed into a wooden utility pole.

A 20-year-old female passenger in the Lexus was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.

The Lexus driver sustained minor injuries and was not transported. A 28-year-old female occupant in his car sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital.

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A teenage girl was killed and another female vehicle passenger was taken to the hospital in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday in White Oak.

An 18-year-old male was driving a Lexus GS350 on Lockwood Drive near Burnt Mills Avenue at around 11:19 a.m when he lost control of the vehicle and struck another vehicle and then a pole, according to Montgomery County police.

The two females were passengers in the Lexus. The driver sustained minor injuries and was not taken to a hospital.

The driver and passenger in the other vehicle sustained minor injuries and were not taken to the hospital, police said.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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