Traffic & Transit
Fatal Burnsville Crash: 15-Year-Old Driver Survives, Passenger Killed
A 15-year-old girl was killed while the 15-year-old driver survived, authorities said.
BURNSVILLE, MN — Donations from family, friends, and the local community are pouring in after a 15-year-old Burnsville girl was killed in a crash last week.
Brilly Karen Cabrera Carchi was the passenger of a vehicle that crashed into a tree at about 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The driver, also 15, was hospitalized but is expected to survive,according to the Star Tribune.
Under Minnesota law, a 15-year-old can only drive with a valid permit and with the presence of someone 21 or older.
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The crash happened near Portland Avenue and East Burnsville Parkway. She was pronounced dead at the scene, KSTP reported.
"The light of our lives, the one that brought us together, my beautiful princess, will never be here with us again," Brilly's sister, Mauricio Cabrera, wrote in a GoFundMe page.
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"And it’s been impossible to wrap our minds around the fact she will never have her driver’s license, we will never see her graduate. Things she was working towards. She wanted to visit our parents home country to see our grandmother and oldest sister. She had plans. Dreams she will never fulfill. She was turning 16 in March. We were planning to spoil her then. And just like that, our world stopped."
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