The rollover crash occurred at approximately 8:08 p.m. according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey on the southbound lanes of Harbor Freeway at Eight Street.
The crash involved a passenger vehicle and the SUV the eight Taft High School students were traveling in to the senior prom at the California Science Center. According to reports the 2003 SUV lost control in the vicinity south of Third Street and rolled over.
The student that sustained fatal injuries was thrown from the vehicle during the roll over; she has been identified as 16-year-old Jennifer Perla a Taft High School cheerleader. Perla was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
The seven other teens in the vehicle were injured; they were transported to Los Angeles County USC Medical Center and California Hospital.
According to reports the 18-year-old driver identified as Kenneth Miller of North Hollywood was trying to avoid another vehicle when the SUV went out of control and rolled over.
The eight students were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash and the SUV was not equipped with eight seatbelts.
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