Lady killed in Hillsborough crash involving minors, stolen automotive, police chase
A 44-year-old lady is lifeless and 4 minors are beneath investigation after a police chase led to a deadly crash Saturday night time close to Plant Metropolis.
Round 10:45 p.m. Saturday, Tampa police situated a stolen black Nissan at twenty sixth Road and Chelsea Avenue, in keeping with a information launch from the Tampa Police Division. The automotive was occupied by 4 boys who ranged in age from 12 to fifteen, and one of many boys was the driving force, police mentioned.
When police tried to conduct a visitors cease, the Nissan’s driver fled with the automotive and a police chase ensued, in keeping with the discharge. The motive force drove eastbound on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard towards Plant Metropolis, after which southbound on Turkey Creek Highway, the place the Nissan rear-ended a Honda sedan, in keeping with the discharge.
Police mentioned the affect pressured the Honda right into a phone pole.
The Honda’s three occupants had been taken to a hospital, the place one passenger, a 44-year-old lady, died from her accidents. A 24-year-old lady who was additionally within the Honda is in crucial situation, whereas a 30-year-old male is secure, in keeping with police.
Police mentioned two of the 4 boys within the Nissan had been taken to the hospital with minor accidents, and the crash stays beneath investigation.
The Tampa Bay area has a historical past of automobiles stolen by youngsters leading to deadly accidents.
In 2016, three teenage women died once they crashed a stolen automotive right into a cemetery pond close to Gandy Boulevard whereas being pursued by police. A Occasions investigation in 2017 discovered that Pinellas County teenagers had been fueling a “car-theft epidemic” with harmful penalties. Reporting from the time discovered {that a} child in Pinellas County crashed a stolen automotive each 4 days.
That very same 12 months, three boys died in a stolen automobile once they crashed in Palm Harbor. In 2019, a 26-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run involving a stolen automobile in St. Petersburg.
And in two incidents two months aside in 2020, 4 youngsters had been killed in a Tampa crash throughout a police pursuit of a stolen automotive, and a 19-year-old man was arrested for driving a stolen Mercedes that induced a deadly crash, killing a 27-year-old lady in St. Petersburg.
It is a growing story. Stick with tampabay.com for updates.
