It should have been a fun day for a brand new driver in Mifflin County. But yesterday ended in tragedy, and a family is left to mourn this Easter weekend.

Jordyn Graver, 17, got her driver's license yesterday morning. Then, in the afternoon, a parent's greatest fear became reality.

Mifflin County Coroner Daniel Lynch has been on the job for 16 years. He's seen lots of death, but nothing like the call he got Thursday afternoon about a one-car crash in rural Granville Township.

"I've never had a kid that was killed on the day they got their license," said Lynch. "We've had quite a few that died on their 21st birthday, but we've never had one that died eight hours after having their license issued to them."

Lynch said Graver had told her family she would be home by five on her first day as a licensed driver. But now her Chevy Cavalier sits in a police impound lot under a tarp, and the high school junior is dead.

"I believe she was traveling at a high rate and came down over that grade and lost control, went off the edge of the road, hit the embankment, went back onto the road, and she hit the embankment again," said Lynch. "The car then landed in the middle of the road, and she was ejected onto the roadway."

Lynch says Graver was not wearing her seat belt. While classmates at Indian Valley High School mourn her death, the coroner wants to remind everyone of the dangers behind the wheel.

"I just can't reiterate enough, to parents and to teachers - just anybody that has exposure to young kids that are driving - they need to put that seat belt on before the key goes in the ignition," said Lynch.

A woman who lives right beside the crash site said neighbors heard the accident and ran to help immediately, but nothing could be done to save the teenager.