Authorities in Howard County are investigating a car crash that left a young girl dead and a man seriously hurt. Police say the 12-year-old was behind the wheel of the car when they arrived at the scene around 2 o’clock Sunday morning in Columbia. Turns out the car struck a tree and another man was rushed to Shock Trauma. Detectives have not been able to figure out why the girl was driving and what caused the vehicle left the road.