Juvenile fleeing Columbus police crashes into car, killing two people

Two people are dead after a juvenile driver fled from a traffic stop and struck a vehicle on the city’s Northeast Side.

The crash occurred March 14 after officers attempted to stop a vehicle around 3:40 p.m. that was linked to a March 10 shooting, according to a Columbus Division of Police media release. A 17-year-old who had a warrant out for his arrest for the shooting was in the vehicle, according to police.

Another juvenile in the car was driving and the vehicle fled. The driver struck another vehicle near the intersection of East 19th Avenue and Hamilton Avenue, causing two fatalities and injuries among the second vehicle’s occupants, according to police…

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