In June 2011, three teenagers were killed in a car accident near Raleigh, North Carolina. Sixteen-year-old Austin Flowers was driving with his friends Sixteen-year-old Lane Meyer and Seventeen-year-old Matt Speight after a church event on Sunday evening. WBTV News reported that the driver, Austin Flowers, was going 129 mph. Austin lost control of speed and crashed into a tree. All three boys attended Wake Forest-Rolesville High School. Matt Speight was about to graduate and would have turned eighteen that week. Funerals for the three boys were held in the Raleigh area ("3 NC Teens..."). In December 2012, sixteen-year-old Kacie Chamberlain and Daniel Underhill were killed in a car accident in Orange County, North Carolina. Two other teenagers who were in the vehicle with them were seriously injured and hospitalized at Duke University Hospital. Authorities say the truck they were riding in lost control and struck a tree. Police said speed and failure to wear a seat belt were the main factors in the crash. Families, friends and classmates were devastated by the loss of the two high school students ("Two teenagers killed..."). Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States. According to Vivian Hamilton, “car accidents kill more teenagers each year than any other cause” (1). In 2010, seven teenagers aged 16 to 19 died every day in road accidents. In 2011, approximately 1,972 young drivers aged 15 to 20 were killed in traffic accidents (Facts About Teen Drivers). The age at which a person can legally drive varies from country to country. In the United States, individuals are allowed to take a driving test before reaching the legal voting age which is eighteen or legal... middle of paper ...... Works Cited « Facts About Teen Drivers.” Teendriversource.org. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, April 9, 2014. Web. April 18, 2014. Epstein, Robert. “The myth of the adolescent brain”. American scientific spirit. 18.2 (2007): 56-64. Print. April 18, 2014 Hamilton, Vivian E. “Why States Should Ban Teens from Driving.” » College of William & Mary Law School. (2013):1-3. Print. April 18, 2014 “Teen Drivers: Fact Sheet. » Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 2, 2012. Web. April 18, 2014. “Two teenagers killed, two others injured in accident. » ABC Owned Television Stations ABC Inc., WTVD-TV/DT Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, 2014. Web, April 18, 2014. "3 North Carolina teens in fatal crash were going 129 mph, say soldiers from WBTV 3 News, Weather. , Sports and Traffic for Charlotte, North Carolina Worldnow, June 6, 2011. Web April 18.. 2014.