15-year-old girl dies in West Valley after crashing car into tree: police

A 15-year-old girl died Saturday after the vehicle she was driving crashed into a tree near 59 ^th Avenue and Encanto Boulevard, Phoenix police said.

The crash in which a teenage boy was injured happened about 4:15 a.m. Aug. 17.

Detectives investigating the collision stated in a release that preliminary information indicates the vehicle was speeding east on Encanto when Anamarie Leach lost control of the car and went off the road, crashing into chain-link fencing and a tree.

The boy was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The investigation remains active as detectives continue to process the evidence and awaits the findings of the Office of the Medical Examiner.

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