Teenage boys killed in stolen car crash in Northwest Baltimore – Baltimore Sun
Teenage boys killed in crash of stolen car in Northwest Baltimore
Warning: This movie contains graphic subject matter. An eyewitness videotaped a car crash that took the lives of two teenagers in a stolen vehicle. Two other teenagers in the car were unharmed in the accident. (Baltimore Sun movie)
Warning: This movie contains graphic subject matter. An eyewitness videotaped a car crash that took the lives of two teenagers in a stolen vehicle. Two other teenagers in the car were unharmed in the accident. (Baltimore Sun movie)
Two teenagers in a stolen car were killed in a crash after the driver fled police Wednesday night in Northwest Baltimore, authorities said.
The victims, boys sixteen and 13, were railing in the passenger and rear passenger seats. They died after the white BMW they were in hit a utility pole at Reisterstown Road and Liberty Heights Avenue near Mondawmin Mall about 11:50 p.m., police said.
The driver, another 16-year-old boy, was not injured but was taken to a hospital as a precaution, police said. Another 13-year-old boy who was a passenger was hospitalized with lacerations and other injuries that were not expected to be life-threatening, according to police.
Police identified the victims as Cornell Gilbert, 16, and Syiid Brinkley, 13, both of Baltimore.
Patrol officers had been on the lookout for the car after it was reported stolen nearby earlier in the day, police said. Officers in a marked police cruiser spotted the car and attempted to stop it, police said. They said the BMW hit a curb and then crashed into the utility pole.
Baltimore Police T.J. Smith, director of media relations, talks about the fatal car accident that took the lives of two juveniles in a stolen vehicle in Baltimore. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun movie)
Baltimore Police T.J. Smith, director of media relations, talks about the fatal car accident that took the lives of two juveniles in a stolen vehicle in Baltimore. (Kevin Richardson/Baltimore Sun movie)
Police did not say how far from the crash site the officers initiated the stop or whether a pursue occurred. They did not know whether the teenagers were wearing seat belts, spokesman T.J. Smith said.
One of the surviving teenagers was a brother of one of the two who died, Smith said.
Police are conferring with the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office to determine whether to file charges against the 16-year-old driver.
Police said they’ve already collected some evidence that had been posted on Facebook but did not elaborate. Police asked anyone who witnessed the crash or took photos or movie to call 410-396-2606.
A vehicle pileup near Woodlawn Tuesday night killed one pedestrian and injured five others, Baltimore County police said.
Police were dispatched about 8:30 p.m. to the intersection of Liberty and Essex roads. Callers told police a man was struck.
Police said a man was driving a two thousand one Mercedes E430.
A vehicle pileup near Woodlawn Tuesday night killed one pedestrian and injured five others, Baltimore County police said.
Police were dispatched about 8:30 p.m. to the intersection of Liberty and Essex roads. Callers told police a man was struck.
Police said a man was driving a two thousand one Mercedes E430.
Smith said the keys were left in the car when it was stolen. Of the accident, he said, that the car was stolen is “beside the point.”
“The bottom line in this screenplay is that two teenagers are deceased, and two families are grieving,” he said, adding that the investigation is continuing. “As with any loss of life, regardless of the screenplay, we need to have our thoughts with the two grieving families of, again, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old.”
Marlin Hubbard, 45, of Forest Park, said he was sitting in the back of a taxicab at a stoplight at Liberty Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road when he witnessed the BMW out of the corner of his eye.
Hubbard, who was on his way to a nightclub, said he looked up from his cellphone in time to see the speeding car, almost a blur, rip through the intersection and crash.
“It happened right in front of our cab,” he said. “You could almost feel the influence.”
Police arrived right behind it and began tending to the people inwards, he said, adding that the car was mangled.
Hubbard said detectives visited him at work Thursday to ask what he eyed after he posted about the crash on Facebook.
The father of three said he feels sorry for the teenagers’ families.
“I couldn’t imagine my 13-year-old son in a stolen car, dying,” Hubbard said. “That’s crazy. I just plead for the families.”