A car full of teenagers went off the road on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation early Saturday, killing one girl and leaving another girl, both of Hamburg, in critical condition.

The 19-year-old driver lost control of a 2001 Ford Mustang convertible on a curve of Versailles Planks Road, near Snow Road, at 4:22 a.m., Erie County sheriff's deputies said.

The car with five teens went down an embankment, ejecting a 14-year-old girl, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other Hamburg girl, 13, was taken to Women & Children's Hospital and is listed in critical condition, deputies said.

Identities have yet to be relased.

The car was following two other cars full of young people, deputies said. After the crash, the other cars returned to the scene, deputies added.

Erie County Sheriff's Sgt. Daniel Dytchkowskyj said 16 teenagers were interviewed. Only the driver of the car that crashed was not a minor.

The crash remains under investigation. Blood samples were taken from the driver, a Blasdell resident who was described as "cooperative."

"Because of the sensitive nature of the case -- a death from an accident involving kids -- we want to make sure we know exactly what happened before we release anything to the public," Dytchkowskyj said. "We really can't say much. We still have a lot of work to do."

The driver and a 16-year-old male passenger from West Seneca were treated in Erie County Medical Center, then released. Also, a 14-year-old Hamburg girl was treated in Lake Shore Hospital, Irving, then released.

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