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Fort Worth teen dies after car strikes home

Posted on Nov 28, 2011

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth teen has died after a car he was riding in skidded off the road and slammed into a house.

The Tarrant County medical examiner's office says that 17-year-old Christian Hernandez was pronounced dead at 1:34 a.m. Saturday at John Peter Smith Hospital.

Police say Hernandez was riding in the back left passenger seat of a Chevrolet Cobalt when it clipped a minivan, hit a retaining wall, rolled onto its right side, hit a parked car and finally stuck the corner of a garage in north Fort Worth.

The car's three other occupants were not seriously injured. The house's roof collapsed and a woman inside suffered minor injuries.

Police told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (http://bit.ly/sKBFO0) that it had started to rain shortly before the crash.

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