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Conyers teen killed in crash on Hi Roc
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One Conyers teen died and another was seriously injured last week after their vehicle went airborne and crashed crossing an intersection in north Rockdale.

Bryant A. Lee, 18, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo on Tuesday evening, April 28, heading south on Hi Roc Circle.

According to Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Franka Young, as the car approached the intersection with Wye Avenue around 5:45 p.m.

"The driver was driving at a high rate of speed on a hill crest and became airborne as the vehicle crossed the intersection," Young wrote.

Lee lost control of the vehicle, which rotated, rolled over and struck a tree on the driver's side. He was fatally injured and died.

The female passenger, Stephanie Kirby, 18, of Conyers, was also injured and was airlifted to Gwinnett Medical Center.

Alcohol and drug use was not suspected to be involved.