'IT'S NOT FAIR': Harry T's worker killed in early morning wreck on Hwy. 98 (PHOTOS)

DESTIN – A 22-year-old Niceville woman died early Tuesday after the car she was riding in crashed into a power pole.

Robyn Rogers was pronounced dead at the accident scene after a Mercury sedan ran off the road around 4:30 a.m. on U.S. Highway 98 near the Donut Hole, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. The driver, 20-year-old Franziska C. Schroff of Lola Circle in Destin, crashed the car into a power pole.

There were “some indications” that Schroff was under the influence of alcohol, but investigators are waiting for test results, said Capt. J.D. Peacock. There were also indications that Rogers wasn’t wearing a seat belt. Schroff, the registered owner of the Mercury, refused medical treatment at the scene.

Eastbound lanes of U.S. 98 between Benning Drive and the Donut Hole were shut down for about four hours after the wreck while Gulf Power responded to inspect the power pole.

Charges are pending an investigation.

Rogers and Schroff worked together as hostesses at Harry T’s, according to Paula Mitchell, a manager at the restaurant. She said everyone who worked at Harry T’s loved Rogers.

“She was a wonderful girl, she was super sweet,” Mitchell said. “She’s so young, it’s not fair… It’s just gonna break all our hearts.”

Schroff’s mother, Ute Schroff, said the two were close friends.

“I tried to talk to my daughter, she’s in shock, she wouldn’t even talk to me. She’s in complete denial,” Schroff said.

Schroff said she feels horrible that Rogers died at such a young age. She’s struggling with how and when to address Rogers’ family, and said she’s praying about it.

“I feel so bad for you guys because your daughter’s dead, my daughter’s not dead,” Schroff said. “It could have been reversed.”