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Coarsegold teenager is named as driver killed in a Sunday night crash near Oakhurst

An 18-year-old from Coarsegold was identified Monday as the person killed in a collision near Oakhurst.

Jeramy Wayne Smith was the driver who died in Sunday night’s crash, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.

A female passenger, also 18, was seriously injured when both she and Smith were thrown from a BMW after it collided with a Honda.

The collision took place about 9:15 p.m. on Road 426 near High School Road.

Two Oakhurst men, ages 23 and 25, in the Honda suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to the CHP.

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