POLICE today named the teenager who was killed in a car crash in Dedham as Julia Kettle.The 17-year-old student, from Lawford, was a passenger in a white Ford Escort, which crashed into a telegraph pole just after midnight on Thursday >.

POLICE today named the teenager who was killed in a car crash in Dedham as Julia Kettle.

The 17-year-old student, from Lawford, was a passenger in a white Ford Escort, which crashed into a telegraph pole just after midnight on Thursday.

She was certified dead at the scene after suffering multiple injuries.

The accident happened as the car travelled on Long Road East, Dedham, towards Colchester.

A 42-year-old woman, also from Lawford, who was driving the car, escaped without serious injuries.