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Posted: Sunday, 05 October 2008 6:07PM

Indiana Teen Dies in Wreck



A 16-year-old Indiana driver diedin an automobile crash in northwest Indiana, authorities said.

Kelly Mercaldo, 16, of Valparaiso, Ind., was involved in the Morgan Township wreck, pronounced dead at 12:48 p.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner.

An autopsy determined Mercaldo died of multiple injuries from an automobile striking a fixed object . The death is ruled an accident, the medical examiner’s office said.

Portage police are investigating.

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