The teen, whose age prohibited police from releasing her name, was also charged with violating passenger restrictions. She will appear on Aug. 11 in juvenile court after turning herself in at police headquarters last Friday, according to the Fairfield Citizen.
The vehicles passenger, Lee Faiga, 19, of Fairland Drive, was initially in a coma and in critical condition at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Her condition is improving, reports the Fairfield Citizen.
The Fairfield Warde students had left school at 11:15 a.m. May 27, and according to police were on Knapps Highway when the speeding driver lost control of the Jeep, police said. The Jeep hit the curb and snapped a utility pole in half, police said.
Newly licensed teen drivers in Connecticut can only drive with a parent or guardian, licensed driving instructor or someone over the age of 20 providing instruction in the car.
Click here to read the full story at the Fairfield Citizen about the charges in the crash.
Read the original coverage of the accident here on the Daily Voice.
Read about the GoFundMe set up for Lee Faiga here on the Daily Voice.
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