NOVATO, Calif. - Marin County prosecutors have charged a 16-year-old girl, whose car veered off the food in Woodacre, hit a tree and burst into flames — killing four of her friends — with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

The misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge was filed without an allegation of gross negligence. It carries a maximum sentence of one year in detention with a conviction.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the girl appeared with her parents in court on Wednesday afternoon, and is expected to enter an admission or denial of the charges in early December.

The California Highway Patrol issued a report stemming from the April 18 fatal crash stating the teenager was traveling up to 25 miles faster than the posted speed limit in Woodacre, before she lost cont

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