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A teen passenger died in this crash near Florin Road and 21st.

SACRAMENTO-

A 17-year-old girl has died after the car she was riding in crashed around 2 a.m. Tuesday in Sacramento.

UPDATE: Adult Driver Arrested in Crash that Killed Teen Girl

Two others inside the car were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

Officers say the Honda Civic the three were inside crashed into the back of a flatbed pick-up truck sitting on the side road along Florin Road near 21st.

Sacramento police say the driver and another passenger took off running after the crash, but they were found at a nearby home, then taken to the hospital. They are both expected to survive.

Investigators are still trying to figure out how this crash happened, they are looking into the possibility the driver had been drinking.