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Police: Teen Driving Stolen Vehicle Killed In West Side Crash

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A teenage boy driving a stolen vehicle was killed in a West Garfield Park neighborhood crash Friday morning after allegedly driving away from an attempted traffic stop on the West Side.

Harrison District officers tried to pull over a vehicle that had been reported stolen at 9:53 a.m., according to Chicago Police. The vehicle sped off, and the officers briefly pursued before losing it. A short time later they discovered that the stolen vehicle had crashed with another vehicle at the intersection of Kinzie and Kilbourn.

The 16-year-old boy who was driving it was taken to Loretto Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:25 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy Saturday found he died from multiple injuries suffered in a motor vehicle collision, and his death was ruled an accident. His identity has not been released.

Another boy who was a passenger in the stolen vehicle was treated for minor injuries at Mount Sinai Hospital before being taken into custody, police said. Charges against him were pending Saturday afternoon.

The woman driving the second vehicle involved in the crash refused medical treatment at the scene, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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