Family and friends are mourning the lost this morning of a Riverside High School cheerleader.

The young woman was killed in a car crash near East Bank yesterday afternoon.

Grief counselors will be at the school this morning consoling classmates of 17 year old Andrea Dawn Buchanan of Hansford.

Authorities say that bad weather could have played a part in the wreck.

Police say Buchanan was likely heading home from school when she lost control of her car and it flipped. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from the car more than 60 feet away.

Buchanan died later at CAMC as a result of her injuries.