Police Chase Ends In Fatal Crash After 13-Year-Old Allegedly Steals Car

A woman died in a three-car crash in Woodland, California, on Saturday.
A lady died in a three-car crash in Woodland, California, on Saturday.
Screenshot through KCRA/NBC

A police chase resulted in a deadly, three-car wreck in California over the weekend after officers pursued a 13-year-old who allegedly stole a automobile.

The Woodland Police Division stated in an announcement that an officer noticed a automobile being pushed “erratically” Saturday afternoon. The officer tried to tug over the motive force, however the driver evaded police, the assertion stated. Police gave chase, which ended when the automobile they have been following plowed into two different automobiles at an intersection, inflicting two automobiles to catch on fireplace, based on the assertion.

A lady was killed within the crash and not less than 10 folks have been injured, together with three minors, police later advised NBC Information. One toddler wanted to be airlifted to a hospital as a consequence of their accidents.

Police stated of their assertion that an investigation decided a 13-year-old boy was driving the automobile they have been pursuing. The teenager allegedly stole the automobile from a member of the family, NBC experiences.

Woodland police introduced early Sunday that the teenager driver had been taken into custody on felony expenses of vehicular manslaughter with negligence and evading inflicting accidents. After the teenager is discharged from the hospital, he's anticipated to be booked into Yolo County Juvenile Corridor.

Footage obtained by NBC of the aftermath of the crash reveals the extent of the devastation (above). A number of automobiles are seen mangled and ablaze, with one automobile resting on prime of one other.

Members of the family of the lady who died within the crash advised CBS her identify was Tina Very important. Very important was within the automobile together with her two kids and a grandchild on the time of the crash. Native information station KCRA experiences that Very important, 43, died simply hours after attending a celebration-of-life ceremony for a member of the family who had just lately died. A makeshift memorial has been arrange for Very important on the website of her dying.

Manuel Fierro, who went to high school with Very important, left flowers at her memorial on Easter Sunday.

“When most of us are getting along with our households as we speak, she gained’t be,” Fierro advised KCRA. “So I introduced her some roses, and simply form of say my farewells to her.”

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