Ringgold teen dies in car crash with tractor trailer

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A Ringgold teenager died in a car crash on Labor Day.

Katherine Carter, 18, was driving on U.S. 278 around 3:30 p.m. Monday when the driver of a 2014 International tractor trailer hit her vehicle, according to a news release from the Alabama Highway Patrol. Carter was driving a 2011 Honda Accord.

Carter was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, where doctors pronounced her dead.

The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.

The Alabama State Troopers are still investigating, according to the release.

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