LA VERNIA, Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the identity of a 16-year-old girl killed in a crash over the weekend in La Vernia.

In an email to KSAT, the department said that Ava Wetzel was the teen who died in the collision.

The crash happened just before 4 a.m. Sunday in the 12000 block of U.S. Highway 87, near Chihuahua Street.