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Teen driver dies after car crashes, catches fire

A teenage driver died of injuries suffered in a car accident early Friday morning in Alpharetta. (Photo: George Gordon, Alpharetta Dept. of Public Safety) A teenage driver died of injuries suffered in a car accident early Friday morning in Alpharetta. (Photo: George Gordon, Alpharetta Dept. of Public Safety)

ATLANTA (AP) - Police say a teenage driver has died after his car careened into some wood and caught fire in suburban Atlanta last week.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/TaK0nv ) reports that 19-year-old Akshay Panducherry died Wednesday at Grady Memorial Hospital. Panducherry suffered burns that covered more than 80% of his body.

Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesman George Gordon says Panducherry was heading east in a red Ferrari on Webb Bridge Road shortly before 4 a.m. on Oct. 19 when the car crash occurred in Alpharetta.

Gordon says Panducherry and his 21-year-old cousin Harshavardhan Patlolla who was the passenger were able to climb out of the vehicle but suffered second- and third-degree burns.

Patlolla is still hospitalized.

Gordon says authorities know that a high speed rate contributed to the crash.

 

Information from: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com

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