A teenage woman faces costs after a 16-year-old boy died as she carried out donuts whereas below the affect on Saturday morning, in response to police.

Joelissa Hernandez, 17, was reportedly doing the maneuvers in a 2007 Toyota Corolla within the rear parking zone of a Ok & M Meals Mart comfort retailer in Willis, Texas. The boy and his sister, 17, had been additionally current within the car, ABC 7 Information reported.

At round 5 a.m., Hernandez reportedly struck a wire holding up a utility pole, inflicting the car to flip onto its facet and throwing the boy out within the course of. First responders from the North Montgomery County fireplace division and hospital district had been dispatched to the scene.

The boy was pronounced useless on the scene from his accidents. His sister was taken to the Texas Youngsters's Hospital for remedy and was decided to be in secure situation. Hernandez sustained no accidents, in response to ABC 7 Information.

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Joelissa Hernandez, 17, faces costs after a boy died on account of her performing donuts along with her automotive in Willis, Texas, on Saturday morning. Above, a representational picture of a area sobriety take a look at.Shepard Sherbell/CORBIS SABA/Corbis by way of Getty Photos

Throughout investigation of the scene, authorities discovered open alcohol containers within the car and performed a blood draw take a look at on Hernandez. She was subsequently charged with intoxication manslaughter and booked on the Montgomery County Jail. She is being held on a $20,000 bond.

Underneath Texas regulation, defendants are charged as adults beginning at 17. The cost of intoxication manslaughter carries a possible sentence of two to twenty years in jail and a high quality of as much as $10,000. The minimal punishment is 240 hours of group service.

Willis is positioned roughly 50 miles north of Houston and has a inhabitants of greater than 6,500.

In late 2019 in Florida, a younger man was killed whereas his mates did donuts in Wellington, Florida. Troy Carrabis, 21, was hanging onto the window ledge of a Jeep Compass whereas his good friend carried out the maneuver in a cul-de-sac. The car flipped over, throwing Carrabis off. He died from his accidents.

Final October in Houston, police noticed a driver doing donuts in a personal parking zone. Once they approached the car after it had exited the lot, the driving force fled "at a really excessive pace" and fatally struck three valet working at a close-by enterprise, officers stated.

Final week, one other deadly crash occurred in Texas involving a 13-year-old driver. Ricky Siemens was killed in a high-speed crash whereas behind the wheel of his father's 2007 Dodge 2500 when a tire blew out, inflicting the car to collide with a freeway divider and careen into the other lane. The daddy, Heinrich Siemens, additionally perished within the accident. Their automotive crashed right into a van transporting collegiate golfers from the College of the Southwest, six of whom had been killed alongside their coach.