KINLOCH • A driver who crashed his car last year ran from the scene and left a teenage girl to die, even as he heard her crying in pain, authorities say.

St. Louis County prosecutors last week charged Montrell L. Jeffery with a felony, leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in injury. Jeffery, 18, lives in the 8000 block of Frost Avenue in Berkeley.

Authorities allege that Jeffery was driving a sedan that crashed in Kinloch late on the night of Nov. 28, 2015. His teenage passenger, Torri Ivy, was fatally injured in the crash at Courtney and Witt avenues.

Jeffery "admitted hearing (Ivy) crying in pain," court records say. He ran from the scene and hid in a home. He never called police or sought help, authorities say.

Kinloch and Berkeley police who had been called to investigate reports of gunfire happened upon the crash. Ivy was found pinned beneath the overturned car.