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A 16-year-old boy died Thursday after crashing an all-terrain vehicle into a car, which left a teenage passenger seriously injured, police say.

At about 10 p.m., the teen driver, identified as Allan Cruz-Martinez, was apparently speeding northbound on 7th Avenue before hitting the center of a roundabout at the Michigan Drive intersection, a Tucson police news release said.  

The ATV crashed into the driver's door of a Honda Accord stopped at the stop sign, police said. 

Cruz-Martinez was pronounced dead hours later at Banner-University Medical Center. His passenger, a 13-year-old boy, remains in serious condition.

Detectives said the boys were not wearing helmets. 

There were no reported injuries to the other driver.


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