Teen learning how to drive kills 2 men in parking lot

A parking lot.
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A 15-year-old girl learning how to drive hit two men in a Philadelphia shopping center parking lot, killing both, police said.

The incident happened Monday night while the teenager was driving with her mother and two others in an SUV. Police said while the student was pulling into a parking spot, the SUV lunged forward, striking two men who were sitting at the wall of a store. The unidentified victims, both in their 50s, were pronounced dead at the scene. No charges have been filed, but the accident is under investigation, The Associated Press reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.