#teen-fatalities

#teen-fatalities

Local News Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash. A car crashed into a telephone on Tuesday night, killing three teenagers in New Hampshire, according to police. New Hampshire State Police report that at 11:10 p.m., they received a call about a crash on Route 47 or Bennington Road in Francestown. An initial investigation showed that a 2013 Ford Focus traveling southbound on Route 47 veered off the road and crashed into a telephone pole. The Ford continued along the shoulder before rolling over onto its roof. Police say the crash threw the occupants from the vehicle. They were dead when troopers and emergency medical personnel arrived.

Maria Niotis, one of two teenage girls killed in a hit-and-run in New Jersey Monday, was laid to rest Friday morning. The service took place at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Union. Family and friends came together in the wake of tragedy to remember a young life taken far too soon. Hundreds gathered Friday to say goodbye, and to celebrate Niotis' life.

In the first crash, shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, 18-year-old Savannah Salemme of Dighton died at the scene, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. The single-vehicle crash happened at 168 Tremont St. in Taunton. "First responders located a Toyota Tacoma pick up truck that was fully engulfed," the DA's office said. "Initial observations determined that the vehicle left the roadway on Tremont Street, struck the front porch of the home at 168 Tremont Street