A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on a charge of operating under the influence in connection with a violent crash on the North Shore that left a 13-year-old girl dead early Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Officers responding to a report of a crash in the area of 352 Atlantic Avenue in Marblehead just before 3 a.m. found a heavily damaged sedan and a teenage girl suffering from life-threatening injuries, according to Essex District Attorney Paul F. Tucker and Marblehead Police Chief Dennis King.
The girl was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene, Tucker and King confirmed.
The boy, who investigators believe was operating the vehicle, was treated for his injuries, arrested, and charged with OUI…