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Police identify teen crash victim

The 16-year-old Spotsylvania County girl killed in a Wednesday afternoon car crash has been identified as Danielle N. Wallace.
Danielle, a junior at Chancellor High School, was a passenger in a car that collided with a van shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of State Route 3 and Gordon Road. She died at the scene.
Two other Spotsylvania teens who were in the car with Danielle remained in critical condition at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Both are students at Spotsylvania high schools, but Sheriff Howard Smith declined to release their identities at this time.
The 17-year-old driver, a boy, is a student at Riverbend High School. The second girl is another 16-year-old Chancellor High student, Smith said. Both were flown to Inova from the scene with life-threatening injuries.
Meanwhile, Smith said, the two occupants of the Ford Econoline van that collided with the teens car were treated at Mary Washington Hospital and released. The two men are both residents of Falls Church.
An investigation has revealed that the teens were heading west on Route 3 in a small Mercury when the driver attempted to make a left turn onto Gordon Road.
The teens’ car went through a green light, police said, but apparently failed to yield the right-of-way to the eastbound van.
The Mercury was struck directly in the passenger’s side of the car by the van, police said. Smith said neither alcohol nor speed were factors in the crash.
The road, a major area highway, was closed or partially closed well into the night while Sheriff’s Office accident reconstruction officers investigated the accident. Smith said several people witnessed the crash.