Two people were killed and two others were transported to a local hospital after a stolen vehicle being driven by a teen fleeing from police broadsided an unrelated vehicle in an intersection early this morning. The suspected driver, a 14-year-old male, was detained following the collision and is expected to face multiple felony charges, including vehicular manslaughter, vehicle theft, and felony evasion.
Around 4 am, an officer was parked in the parking lot of Rau Park when he heard what sounded like a vehicle driving recklessly. The officer went to check the area and observed a silver vehicle going northbound on Elk Grove Florin Road and turned into a gas station parking lot. The officer activated his overhead lights; however, the vehicle continued through the parking lot and onto eastbound Brown Road.
The vehicle, a silver Hyundai, stopped in the westbound lane of traffic for several seconds before fleeing eastbound. The vehicle then turned northbound onto Gurmit Court, where the driver made a U-turn by driving onto the sidewalk and around a parked vehicle.
The Hyundai accelerated out of the court and continued eastbound on Brown Road toward the dead end. As the vehicle began making another U-turn, the rear passenger, who was wearing a black balaclava mask, exited the vehicle and fled on foot. At that point, the officer observed that both the driver and front passenger were also wearing black balaclava masks covering all but their eyes.
The vehicle then took off westbound on Brown Road at a high speed. With the officer at least a quarter mile behind, the Hyundai ran a red light at the intersection of Elk Grove Florin Road and Brown Road and broadsided a Tesla traveling southbound on Elk Grove Florin Road.
The Tesla was occupied by four individuals. The two rear passengers, a 47-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man, were sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver, a 55-year-old woman, and the front passenger, a 63-year-old man, were both transported to a local hospital. The driver sustained life-threatening injuries, while the front passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the silver Hyundai, a 14-year-old juvenile, and the 13-year-old passenger were detained. The driver was transported to a local hospital where he is being treated for injuries sustained during the collision.
Officers later learned the Hyundai was an unreported stolen vehicle out of the City of Sacramento.
The 13-year-old passenger was released to his parents after receiving medical treatment. The identity of rear passenger is still unknown.
The 14-year-old driver will be charged with vehicle theft, two counts of vehicular manslaughter, and felony evasion.
The identities of the deceased will be released by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office pending notification of next of kin.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call our Traffic Investigators at (916) 478-8143.
