Preston Mahor, a new driver, was speeding to “get air” on a section of road that teens use as jump when he crashed earlier this month, killing two 15-year-old girls in his car, officials believe.
Court documents show the boy had received his license the day before the Oct. 5 crash in the city of Spokane Valley, KREM reports.
Mahor, 16, is recovering from injuries and hasn’t been charged. The case is being investigated as vehicular homicide.
The teen was giving the two girls a ride from a birthday party on a Saturday night. Investigators believe he was driving 50 mph in a 25 mph zone when he lost control and hit a tree along a section of road known as the Ponderosa Jump. Another teenager told police that Mahor had previously taken the jump at more than 50 miles per hour.
Detectives think that Maher hit a curb, went airborne, and hit a tree on the passenger side, where two girls were sitting in the front and back seat.
The crash killed McKenzie Mott and Josie K. Freier, both University High School students.
The Associated Press contributed tot his report.
