DETROIT (WWJ) -- A 16-year-old boy who crashed a stolen vehicle while fleeing from Detroit police and killed another teen passenger has been charged with murder.
The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says that officers attempted to stop the stolen vehicle several times on the afternoon of Oct. 21 prior to the fatal incident.
The driver was speeding down Lindsey Street in Detroit in an attempt to escape police when he apparently lost control and crashed the vehicle.
Medics arrived and pronounced a 13-year-old boy -- who was a passenger in the car -- dead at the scene.
The driver and another 16-year-old boy who was in the vehicle were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The defendant, who was being held at a juvenile detention center, has been charged with one count of Second-Degree Murder.
He is expected to be arraigned on Nov. 18.
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