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Boy driver charged over WA girl's death
AAP
A 15-year-old boy has been charged over a crash that killed an 11-year-old girl in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
The boy has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and no authority to drive.
He is scheduled to appear in the Fitzroy Crossing Children's Court on March 4.
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Police said the boy had six other children in the stolen car when it rolled on the Great Northern Highway west of Fitzroy Crossing about 3.45am on Thursday.
The 11-year-old died at the scene.
A girl and a boy, both 12, were flown to Darwin Hospital, while the driver, a 15-year-old girl, a 14-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were taken to Broome Hospital.
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