Another teen and the 20-year-old driver were critically injured in the Brock Road accident.

Date published: 10/22/2007

BY ELLEN BILTZ

A Riverbend High School junior who died in a car accident late Friday night was a passenger in her sister’s car when it crashed into two trees on Brock Road in Spotsylvania County.

Sarah Berhmann, 16, died at the scene about 11:45 p.m.

The other two people in the car were in stable, but critical, condition when they were flown to INOVA Fairfax Hospital, said 1st Sgt. Liz Scott of the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office.

Berhmann’s 20-year-old sister, who police would not name, was the driver of Toyota Corolla when it swerved off the road, hit a ditch, spun around and struck two trees, Scott said.

She said skid marks were found on the road, but neither speed nor alcohol appeared to be a factor.

Berhmann was in the back seat behind her sister and another unidentified 16-year-old male was in the front passenger seat, Scott said. No one was wearing a seatbelt.

She said the other passenger was ejected from the vehicle when the car hit the first tree and the driver was pulled from the vehicle by a passerby.

There were no witnesses to the accident and all of the information was gathered by the Spotsylvania Traffic Reconstruction Team, Scott said.

No charges were listed as of Monday, but Scott said that may be because the accident is still under investigation.

Representatives from Riverbend High School could not be immediately reached this afternoon.

This is the third Riverbend student to be killed in a crash in a matter of months.

Brandon Bates and Hunter Garner, both 16-year-old rising juniors at Riverbend High School, died as a result of a crash in June.

At a gathering to remember those students, Lowell Garner, Hunter's dad, made an emotional plea for students to take life seriously. Ellen Biltz: 540/374-5424ebiltz@freelancestar.com

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Date published: 10/22/2007

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