A 14-year-old girl has been charged with vehicular homicide after she, allegedly, crashed a stolen car while on the run from a state police vehicle, killing a teen boy who was a passenger in the car.
According to the state police, the incident happened at about 5:51 p.m. on Sunday, when a state police trooper attempted to stop a black Hyundai Sonata along I-76 near the Girard Avenue exit in West Philadelphia.
Officials claimed the car had been reported stolen earlier that day, and when the trooper put on a siren and emergency lights, the Sonata attempted to flee.
However, officials said that, the car lost control as it "immediately fled" and crashed into a concrete barrier on the right shoulder before impacting with a vehicle in the left lane of the highway.
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The Sonata then swerved back to the right and turned, rolling several times up onto an embankment off the side of the roadway before coming to a stop at the right shoulder, police said.
During this crash, a 15-year-old boy from Philadelphia was thrown from the vehicle and onto the roadway, officials said.
After the crash, all occupants of the vehicle -- a 14-year-old girl from Philadelphia who was behind the wheel and three additional juvenile passengers -- were taken to the hospital where they were treated for undisclosed injuries.
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The boy that was ejected from the vehicle, officials said, was later pronounced. The teen girl driving the vehicle was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide and related offences.
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