Kenneth Deon Williams Jr., 16, and Devin Francis, 21, dead after carjacking, two-car collision on Highland Park Way in West Seattle, Washington
Two dead after two-car crash in West Seattle
Few details are available, but Seattle police confirmed that they were trying to get one of the cars to stop when the crash happened. It is not known if the driver of the second car was somehow connected to the first vehicle involved or just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Police: 2 killed as fleeing carjacker crashes into 2nd car in W. Seattle
The incident began at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of South State Street, where three suspects carjacked a man's 2002 Honda Accord at gunpoint and fled, police said.
Around 2 a.m. Thursday, an officer on patrol in West Seattle saw the Honda, occupied by one man, and began following behind him while radioing for backup.
When additional units arrived, the officer activated her emergency lights in an attempt to pull over the Honda.
Police release dashcam from West Seattle crash that killed 2
The 16-year-old male driver of the stolen vehicle led pursuing officers through West Seattle to Highland Park Drive SW, where it appears he crossed over the center line and struck a westbound 1996 Acura Integra. Police say the 21-year-old driver and a dog inside the Acura, along with the 16-year-old suspect, all died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Teen ID’d in suspected carjacking, fatal crash in Seattle
He was driving a Honda Accord, and allegedly fleeing police, when he crossed the roadway’s centerline and struck the other vehicle. Medical investigators identified the 21-year-old driver of that vehicle as Devin Francis.
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