A 17-year-old boy is dead after a single-car accident in Watsonville Sunday night, police said.
Police responded to a report of a crash at South Green Valley Road and Magnolia Drive at about 8:45 p.m., according to police.
Officers found that a 1998 Honda Civic had overturned and crashed into a tree just beyond the sidewalk on South Green Valley Road, police said.
Police said the boy, who was a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the car and another passenger suffered injuries not considered life-threatening, police said.
South Green Valley Road was closed for several hours after the crash.
The crash remains under investigation and the name of the teenager killed has not been released.
--Bay City News Service
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