Two teens, ages 16 and 15, are dead and two others are critical after joyrider, 16, “in a stolen car” full of passengers lost control and crashed into a black jeep after racing up and down the streets of NYC
- The 16-year-old driver was also taken to hospital, but with minor injuries
- Local residents said the driver was speeding and ran a red light at the time
Two teens have died after four others were injured after an alleged joyrider crashed into a stolen vehicle while racing through the streets of New York City Monday morning.
A 16-year-old and a 15-year-old were both pronounced dead at approximately 6:45 a.m. yesterday after the collision in Washington Heights.
The Hyundai Elantra, which police said was stolen, was carrying four other passengers and was being driven by a 16-year-old.
Horrifying footage from the crime scene showed one of the cars flipping over and debris littering the road. One of the vehicles was thrown onto the sidewalk.
Locals from the Washington Heights neighborhood said the Hyundai driver was racing through the streets and ran a red light just before the incident.
Horrifying footage from the crime scene showed the cars flipping over and debris littering the road. One of the cars was thrown onto the sidewalk.
A vehicle overturned after a multi-car accident in Washington Heights yesterday morning. Emergency services had to remove the roof of the car to get the victims out
The car in question was traveling north on Audubon Avenue when it collided with a jeep going west on 179th Street. The cars then crashed into two other stationary parked cars.
Police said they believe the Hyundai car was stolen late last month before the joyrider crash Monday.
“I saw them shine that light, through my side mirror, and then they kept shining the light without even slowing down,” witness Spiro Theologis told nearby ABC7.
“All I thought to myself is that these kids are going to get themselves killed or kill someone. Next thing I know I heard a big bang.’
Another driver told The New York Post: “A few minutes before this accident, I saw these kids driving around erratically, running at full speed through the lights without even looking.
“And about five minutes later they hit this vehicle coming up.”
The driver was a child. Most of the kids there looked like they were somewhere between 12 and 17 years old,” said a resident who rushed to help after the accident. The mail.
Emergency services had to remove the roof of the car to get the victims out.
‘From what I saw, [it] it looked like two of them in the back weren’t breathing at all, a first responder said The mail.
Police said they believe the Hyundai car was stolen late last month before the joyrider crash Monday
The injured were rushed to hospital. A 16-year-old and a 15-year-old were pronounced dead later that day at New York Presbyterian-Columbia Hospital. ABC7 reported.
Another 16-year-old and 15-year-old were taken to Harlem Hospital and are said to be in critical condition.
The 16-year-old driver was also taken to hospital. The severity of his injuries would not be as serious as those of the other passengers.
The driver of the Jeep, a 53-year-old, was also rushed to a hospital in Harlem.
The two other cars that were hit and parked at the time of the accident were unoccupied.
NYPD investigators said they continue to work to determine the cause of the collision.