POLICE have released the name of a young Ballarat woman who died after a car crash in the city on Friday night.
Jessica Wills, 18, was a passenger in the two-car collision that occurred on the corner of Peel and Mair streets at 8.15pm.
The teenager received head injuries and was taken to The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where she died.
The female driver of the car was taken to Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital with minor injuries.
Two male occupants of the second car, both 22, were not hurt.