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Billy Bob Thornton and cast members arrive for the premiere of their new movie "Bad News Bears" at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on July18, 2005. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
Billy Bob Thornton and cast members arrive for the premiere of their new movie "Bad News Bears" at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on July18, 2005. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) 
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Published: Oct. 12, 2012 at 11:13 AM

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Actress Sammi Kane Kraft, who starred as a child in the 2005 remake of "The Bad News Bears," was killed in a Los Angeles car crash, police said. She was 20.

E! News said Kraft was a passenger in a speeding car that rear-ended a big truck early Tuesday on the westbound 10 Freeway, then was hit by another vehicle.

Molly Kate Adams, the 21-year-old driver of the car in which Kraft was riding, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, the report said.

Best known for playing baseball-loving tomboy Amanda Whurlitzer in "The Bad News Bears," starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kraft also started a folk-country-rock band called Scary Girls and frequently performed as a solo singer-guitarist at small venues, the Los Angeles Times said.

Topics: Billy Bob Thornton
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