Kristopher Howard, 16, killed, Derrick Thomas, 16, Carmilla Ellison injured and arrested after they allegedly steal car and crash it.

A duo accused of stealing a car and crashing it in North Nashville in the wee hours of this morning -- killing a backseat passenger -- face a variety of charges and may have links to an earlier car theft.

Driver Derrick Thomas, 16, of Torbett Street, was treated and released from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He's being booked into juvenile detention and will be facing charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, evading police, driving without a license, curfew violation and auto theft.

The front seat passenger, Carmilla Ellison, 36, was admitted to Vanderbilt. She will be booked into jail upon her release on arrest warrants charging her with auto theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was free on bond on a felony cocaine charge from October at the time of the accident.

Killed at the scene was Kristopher Howard, 16, , of Clifton Avenue, who was partially ejected.

A police report said two young men robbed a Christmas-party goer on Monday, taking her purse and car keys at gunpoint. They apparently came back later for her 2011 Toyota Corolla. The driver, Thomas, lost control two minutes after police started chasing him and jumped the curb on the 1800 block of Jefferson Street, rolling the car and striking a parked pickup.