15-year-old killed in crash in Chaffee County

CHAFFEE COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- A 15-year-old girl was killed after being thrown from a vehicle in a crash Tuesday morning in Chaffee County.

According to the Colorado State Patrol, a Ford SUV was going south on Hwy 285 near Nathrop when it went off the road and flipped two and a half times.

CSP says the teen was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. The driver, identified as Jesse Owens of Greeley, was taken to a hospital to be treated.

Neither of them were wearing seat belts, according to CSP. The crash is still under investigation.