A juvenile concerned in a “automotive browsing” crash that killed a 16-year-old in Douglas County final month has been charged with vehicular murder and assault, prosecutors introduced Monday.
Douglas County sheriff’s officers stated witnesses to the Might 5 rollover crash advised authorities the backseat passengers, together with the 16-year-old, had been hanging out of the automotive’s home windows on the time of the accident on Quarry Street, east of Finn Avenue.
The suspect, who is just not being recognized as a result of they’re a juvenile, is going through two felony prices of vehicular murder and vehicular assault, stated Eric Ross, a spokesperson for the 18th Judicial District Legal professional’s Workplace. A misdemeanor rely of reckless endangerment has additionally been filed.
The Douglas County Coroner’s Workplace declined to launch the identification of the 16-year-old killed within the crash.
Late final month, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace alerted the general public to a rash of current “automotive browsing” incidents. Officers stated deputies responded to 6 calls, together with the lethal crash, involving minors using exterior of transferring automobiles over the earlier month.
Earlier, in late April, a deputy noticed two youngsters seated on the roof of a automotive touring greater than 55 mph, sheriff’s officers stated, and on Might 12, a civilian reported and photographed one other juvenile sitting on the rear passenger ledge of a transferring car.
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