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A teen boy was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Tucson's west side Sunday morning, police said.

At about 4:20 a.m., Kristiano Roman Yslava Owen, 16, was speeding in a vehicle southbound on Greasewood Road when heΒ drifted into the northbound lanes and struck a wall near the West Starr Pass Boulevard intersection.

Owen was not wearing a seatbelt during the crash, according to a Tucson Police news release. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving to a hospital.

Another teen boy was found inside the vehicle. He was wearing a seatbelt and later taken to a hospital as a precaution, police said.

Detectives determined speed was a factor in the collision. The crash investigation is ongoing.


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Contact Star reporter Shaq Davis at 573-4218 or sdavis@tucson.com

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