2017, same county
>>Six teens had been “running in tandem” since stealing a Ford Explorer and a Chrysler Sebring on Aug. 3 from a Clearwater car lot, said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, who called the situation a “game” they played — steal cars, drive at high speed overnight and do it again the next day.
ST PETERSBURG, Fla. —
Florida authorities said three teenagers — one 14-year-old and two 16-year-olds — stole a sport utility vehicle, sped away from officers and died in a fiery, violent crash early Sunday morning.
The 4:30 a.m. crash happened in Pinellas County, in west-central Florida.
Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said in a news conference Sunday morning that a fourth teen in the SUV, who is 14, survived and is hospitalized. He said all the teens all had criminal histories — including one who had gotten out of jail on July 31.
The 2017 incident—the teens who died were in the stolen car doing 100 mph—it flew into the air and hit a billboard etc. I saw in Pinellas County 62 per cent of car thefts were by those under 18