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Teen driver in fatal crash dies; others improve

Monday, May 13, 2002 | 10:52 a.m.

The second victim of an auto crash that split a white Thunderbird filled with high school students in two died Sunday afternoon at University Medical Center.

Ashley Troester, 16, was driving the 1987 car eastbound on Sahara Avenue with four friends riding back to Las Vegas High School from lunch on Thursday. Metro Police said she was the only one wearing a seatbelt. She had been in critical condition since the crash and died Sunday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Natasha Keeter, 17, of Las Vegas, died after the car skidded more than 200 feet and crashed into a light pole on the median near Sloan Avenue.

Passenger Ashley Biersach, 16, was upgraded to serious condition this morning; Kiley Quinn, 15, was upgraded to fair condition. Biersach's leg was amputated on Thursday.

Aleisa Valdez, 16, was in fair condition.

At Las Vegas High this morning three members of the Clark County School District Crisis Team were joined by eight Las Vegas High counselors to talk to students.

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