A 17-year-old has died following a crash in Langley.
Police say the incident took place around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday in the 10100-block of 208 Street.
The 2008 Mercedes had four people inside and was travelling at an “extremely high rate of speed.”
RCMP say the car went airborne off the west side of the road and hit the retaining wall in a culvert.
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The three passengers – aged 15 to 20-years-old – all walked away with minor injuries, but the 17-year-old driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash.
“We can only encourage parents to sit down with their young drivers and discuss the deadly consequences of speeding, alcohol and their relative inexperience as a driver,” said Corporal Holly Largy in a release.
The Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) attended the scene to assist with the investigation.
~With files form Gord MacDonald
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