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Taylor Dorsett (15) was killed when the car she was in spun out of control and hit a tree
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Automobile Accident
Published: Feb 28, 2008 @ 10:38 AM
Taylor Dorsett (15)
Date:
Feb 23, 2008
Cause of Death:
Auto Accident
Location:
Newport News, VA
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A car full of teenagers heading east on Interstate 64 early Saturday spun out of control and into a tree, killing two and sending two others to hospitals.
Andrew David Mason, an 18-year-old from Newport News, was driving a 2002 Kia Rio shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, when the vehicle swerved off the road to the right.
When Mason over-corrected, the Kia flipped several times, going off the left side of the road and slamming into the tree, according to Virginia State Police Sgt. Michelle Cotten.
Mason, of Bret Harte Drive, and a 15-year-old Newport News girl, Taylor Dorsett, were killed. Dorsett was sitting in the front passenger seat. Mason was wearing a seat belt, but the wreckage made it too difficult too tell whether Dorsett was, Cotten said.
The accident happened near mile marker 227, near the Stonehouse Golf Club. The car's passenger side slammed broadside into the tree, wrapping around the tree trunk, Cotten said. Neither alcohol nor speed was considered a factor, she said.
An 18-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl were in the back seat, Cotten said. One was taken to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News and the other to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center. Their names weren't released, and the status of their injuries wasn't known.
Cotten said another driver witnessed the accident and told state police investigators that the Kia didn't seem to be speeding and that it was unclear why the car swerved and lost control.
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