Posted on 10/03/2023 1:42:59 AM PDT by lowbridge
A vehicle stolen in an armed carjacking in Maryland last week crashed into a tree, burst into flames, and killed all four teenagers inside, police said.
What's more, two of the teens were cousins, and an aunt told WUSA-TV they were picked up and likely didn't know the vehicle was stolen — or they never would've entered it.
According to Prince George's County Police, officers on Friday night saw a Kia Sorento with expired temporary tags and tried to get the driver to pull over, the station said, adding that the Kia's driver sped off.
Officials told WUSA that officers stopped trying to pursue the Kia after losing sight of it. The station said police soon learned the Kia's tags didn't match the vehicle.
Minutes later, witnesses said the driver of the Kia tried to pass another motorist on the shoulder in the 12800 block of Woodmore Road in Mitchellville, the station said, citing police, adding that the Kia driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, after which the vehicle burst into flames.
Neighbors noted what they believed was the sound of an explosion, WUSA said, adding that other motorists tried rescuing the four teens.
The station said the crash occurred between two and three miles from the location of the attempted traffic stop — and officials soon learned that the Kia was taken in an armed carjacking earlier in Greenbelt.
Greenbelt is just over eight miles northwest of Mitchellville.
Relatives told WUSA that all four killed were teenagers and that three of them were students at Charles Herbert Flowers High School. The school is in Springdale — just a six-minute drive from the crash site.
Family members noted to the station that Serenity Sellman, 15, was the only girl in the vehicle.
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A good ending to young thuggery.
Amish teens and their pranks ...
4 fewer obama children running around is agood thing.
“the Kia driver lost control of the car and crashed into a tree, after which the vehicle burst into flames.”
Talk about your wasted opportunities, they could’ve held a massive candlelight vigil right then and there without having to light a single candle.
It burst into flames?
How many KIA’s burst into flames when they crash? Is this a common occurrence in this KIA model... Do they typically burst into flames?
The recall covers roughly 52,000 Hyundai cars and 40,000 Kia cars, and was spurred by less than a dozen reports of cars catching fire. Both companies instructed customers to park their vehicles outside and away from any structure and reported that heat damage could potentially short-circuit onboard features.
A fitting end for carjackers. DRT.
> an aunt told WUSA-TV they were picked up and likely didn’t know the vehicle was stolen
If she keeps repeating this, will it come true?
She would have never gotten into a stolen car. and she was an angel, and then flying monkeys came flying out of my butt.
Everyone hates when their car gets jacked.
They'll KIALL you!
Didn’t KNOW it was STOLEN.....yeah.
What the HELL has happened to the BLACKS?? They ARE FERAL ANIMALS! And VICIOUS!
Family is always the last to know when their kids go bad.
Just a guess: The average SAT score at the Charles Herbert Flowers High School just went up 10 points.
A sad event, but a foreseeable consequence of criminally idiotic self-indulgence and self pity, inculcated in them by their parent (they only know one of them) and the Charles Herbert Flowers High School faculty.
Stupid should hurt.
Is the tree okay? Hopefully the car bounced before it burned.
Michael Brown's mother was shocked, shocked I tell you!, to find out her son was committing strong-armed robberies and assaulting police officers.
Surely these two kids only got into that car because they thought their 16 year-old friend had just started his new job as an Uber driver. :-P
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