TOWN OF BRADFORD, Wis. (WKOW) — A 17-year-old driver is formally charged with homicide by negligent use of a vehicle after a rollover crash killed a 15-year-old boy and hurt three other teenagers on Tuesday.

Carter R. Perteete, of Beloit, was identified as the driver. In addition to the homicide charge, he's charged with two counts of reckless driving causing great bodily harm and one count of reckless driving causing injury.

The single-vehicle crash was reported at 3:50 p.m. on South Emerald Grove Road and East Larsen Road, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office.

Officials reported Perteete was driving a Volkswagen Rabbit north on Emerald Grove when he lost control of the vehicle. The car went into the ditch and rolled multiple times before stopping in a corn field on the west

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