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A sixteen year old boy, Joseph Fonseca, is dead after a DUI accident when the vehicle in which he was riding collided with a tree. The vehicle, a 1999 Oldsmobile, was being driven by the deceased teen’s friend, another sixteen year old boy.
Fonseca, a student at Kempsville High School, was riding with his friend when their vehicle struck a tree on Avalon Avenue. Fonseca was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was driving under the influence of alcohol when the crash happened.
After being taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and being booked at the Virginia Beach juvenile detention center, the teenage driver was charged the teenage driver with DUI and involuntary manslaughter.
The case is being investigated by the Virginia Beach police department’s fatal accident crash team. Fonseca’s family and friends were especially distraught by this crash, as the driver was a close friend of the victim and the accident happened so close to their homes.
A memorial was created at the crash site by friends and family members of the two teen boys involved in the crash. The accident is still under investigation and the name of the teen driver has not been released.
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