Update: Student killed in crash was Rose freshman

A 15-year-old freshman from J.H. Rose High School was killed Wednesday when the car she was in was hit from behind by a delivery truck on N.C. 11, authorities confirmed.

Caroline Lupton was one of three people in the car hit near Central Park Drive in the area of the Sam's Club, the Winterville Police Department and Pitt County Schools reported.

Winterville's interim police Chief Chris Williams said officers were dispatched about 4:10 p.m. to a crash with injuries. A commercial vehicle rear-ended a passenger car on the highway, also called Winterville Parkway in that area.

Winterville police and fire department personnel removed three people from the car. The injured persons were transported to ECU Health Medical Center via ambulance. The names and conditions of the others involved have not been released.

The driver of the commercial vehicle was checked and released pending a joint operation with Winterville police and the State Highway Patrol, Williams said. Any charges will be based on the outcome of that investigation.

A spokesman for Pitt County Schools said the district's crisis response team is at the school to assist students and staff members.