Kaleigh Woodman, 16, and Sabrina Almaraz, 17, killed in high-speed car crash on East Avenue in Pennfield Township, Michigan

The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department says two teenage girl died after the vehicle they were in drove off the road and hit a tree Thursday afternoon. Deputies told 24 Hour News 8 the victims were both Pennfield High School students, ages 16 and 17.

The Calhoun County sheriff's department says the 16- and 17-year-old girls were students at Pennfield High School and died at the scene of the Thursday afternoon crash in Pennfield Township, near Battle Creek. MLive.com reports varsity basketball games scheduled for Friday at Pennfield High will be rescheduled. Investigators say the girls' car went out of control as it crested a hill, left the roadway and struck a tree. Pennfield Schools Superintendent Tim Everett tells the Battle Creek Enquirer that the victims Kaleigh Woodman and Sabrina Almaraz both were juniors. Parents of the victims arrived at the scene shortly afterward.

PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say two high school students have died following a crash in southern Michigan. The Calhoun County sheriff's department says the 16- and 17-year-old girls were students at Pennfield High School and died at the scene of the Thursday afternoon crash in Pennfield Township, near Battle Creek. MLive.com reports varsity basketball games scheduled for Friday at Pennfield High will be rescheduled. Investigators say the girls' car went out of control as it crested a hill, left the roadway and struck a tree. Pennfield Schools Superintendent Tim Everett tells the Battle Creek Enquirer that the victims Kaleigh Woodman and Sabrina Almaraz both were juniors.

A Battle Creek-area community continues to mourn the loss of two teen girls who were killed in a car crash last week.

PENNFIELD, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Funeral arrangements are set for two Battle Creek-area teenagers that were killed in a car crash. Sunday night friends and family gathered for a candlelight vigil to remember Kaleigh Woodman and Sabrina Almaraz. Both were juniors at Pennfield High School. Visitation for Sabrina Almaraz is Thursday at Farley from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00. Sabrina Almaraz was 17.

PENNFIELD, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Police in Calhoun County have been investigating a crash that claimed the lives of two teenagers in Pennfield. Police say that the driver, Sabrina Almaraz, was going 103 miles-per-hour when she lost control and hit a tree. Sheriff Saxton says that speed was the main reason for the crash, although driver inexperience also played a role. Both Almaraz and Kaleigh Woodman were killed. Her service begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Dexter Lake Church of God on East Michigan Avenue in Battle Creek.

And, should that young driver be pulled over for any reason, police will send a notification to the parents. The deaths of 17-year-old Sabrina Almaraz and 16-year-old Kaleigh Woodman have rocked the small community of Pennfield. "When the fatal crashes involve teenagers, it's a tough thing for the community; the friends and the students involved," Saxton said. Speed was, of course, the main factor in this crash, but he says on top of that, you have a young and inexperienced driver. "They were able to download the data retrieval from that vehicle, which shows speed of vehicle 5 seconds prior to crash," he said.

Calhoun County Sheriff Matt Saxton blames last week’s crash on speed and inexperience. PENNFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) – A sheriff says a car carrying two teenagers was traveling more than 100 mph before a crash killed the girls in southwestern Michigan. The funeral for Almaraz is planned for Friday at Dexter Lake Church of God. © Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. The victims were 17-year-old driver Sabrina Almaraz and 16-year-old passenger Kaleigh Woodman. They were juniors at Pennfield High School, north of Battle Creek.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Family and friends of a Pennfield High School student killed in a car crash are saying their final goodbyes. 17-year-old Sabrina Almaraz and 16-year-old Kaleigh Woodman were killed shortly after leaving school last week in Calhoun County. The funeral for Sabrina Almaraz is Friday afternoon at 1:00 at the Dexter Lake Church of God in Battle Creek.