In our last post we discussed the phenomenon of "hill jumping" and the horror that many Wisconsin parents experienced upon hearing about a recent fatal hill jumping car accident in Eau Claire. Authorities say that a 15-year-old girl was the only teen in the group who had a license and that the girl had a history of allowing teens as young as 12 drive her car.

So it was not a surprise that an unlicensed 14-year-old was driving her car at the time of the fatal hill jumping crash. Authorities say that the 14-year-old drove the car around 90 mph over a hill to make it airborne. The car flew into the air and rolled upon landing.

The 14-year-old driver and his pregnant 13-year-old girlfriend were in the front seat of the car. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.

In the back seat was the 15-year-old car owner, a 15-year-old boy, and a 13-year-old. All of the back seat passengers were unbelted and thrown from the vehicle. Authorities found the teens on the road at the scene of the crash. The 15-year-old boy died of his injuries the next day. The 15-year-old car owner and the 13-year-old from the backseat survived their injuries and have already been released from the hospital.

The surviving 15-year-old car owner may face wrongful death lawsuits from the families of the deceased teens in this crash. The teen had a history of allowing unlicensed minors to drive her car and was involved in another serious car accident a few weeks before the fatal hill jumping crash.

In the previous crash another unlicensed teen was driving and performing a "drifting" stunt which involves a car going sideways by driving fast into a curve and hitting the emergency brake.

Authorities are investigating the teen for possible reckless driving charges and for having too many passengers with a graduated driver's license.

Source: Leader-Telegram, "Grandfather has question in triple 'hilll jumping' fatality: Why?" Christena T. O'Brien, Jan. 16, 2012