By Anthony Bond  and Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 07:39 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 16:01 EST, 23 October 2012 Killed: Aya Hadir Ghais, who was in the UAE to study, died after the high-powered Lamborghini she was driving crashed and caught fire An American teenage student has died after the Lamborghini she was driving crashed and caught fire in Abu Dhabi. Authorities in the United Arab Emirate's capital said that Aya Hadir Ghais, 19, was travelling in the high-powered vehicle alone when the horrific accident happened on Saturday. Despite firefighters arriving on the scene in Defence Road within four minutes and extinguishing the fire, she could not be freed in time.
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Aya Hadir Ghais was travelling alone when the accident happened while crossing a bridge
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Mrs Ghais was studying law and economics at Paris-Sorbonne University
The couple married when Aya was 17 and she took up her studies at the Paris Sorbonne University in @placeholder when he moved there to work for a UAE-based company.