A teenage girl tried desperately to save her best friend after the stolen car they were driving crashed into a tree in a horror crash in Melbourne's north in the early hours of Friday morning.

Police believe Haylee Glouftsis was driving a Holden Astra when it crashed into a tree on Cooper Street in Epping shortly after 1am.

Haylee Glouftsis was behind the wheel of a Holden Astra that crashed into a tree in Epping on Friday morning. She died at the scene. Credit:Instagram

Her only passenger was her best friend, a 16-year-old girl from Keilor, who pulled Haylee from the wreckage despite her own injuries.

The 16-year-old tried desperately to save Haylee on the side of the road before emergency services arrived, but she died at the scene.