Teen killed in crash after driving away from Thornton officers, 6 injured

Teen killed in Thornton crash after officer tried to pull him over, police say

A 17-year-old driver died Wednesday after crashing into multiple other vehicles moments after a Thornton police officer tried to pull him over for speeding, officials said Thursday.

Teen driver killed, six hospitalized after failed stop in Thornton

A teen driver was killed and sent six to the hospital crashing into multiple vehicles at an intersection in Thornton Wednesday evening

Teen killed in crash after driving away from Thornton officers, 6 injured

DENVER (KDVR) -- A teenage driver who Thornton police say failed to yield to officers in a traffic stop died in a crash that injured six other people. Thornton officers at around 4:40 p.m. Wednesday attempted to stop a vehicle that was speeding, but the driver did not stop and continued driving east on 104th Avenue, according to a Thornton police press release. The officer deactivated their emergency lights, and the driver soon crashed into "mul…

Authorities ID teen girl killed in crash following police pursuit in Montebello

MONTEBELLO – A 17-year-old girl killed in a crash in Montebello following a possible police pursuit was identified Wednesday. The crash was reported just after 10 p.m. Tuesday near Garfield Avenue and Beverly Boulevard, NBC 4 reported. A witness told ABC 7 that he saw a Montebello Police Department patrol car pursuing a silver Toyota Camry driving at a high rate of speed. In an attempt to avoid police, the driver of the Toyota crashed into a tre…

A police chase ended with a multi-vehicle crash in Thornton, leaving one young man dead and several others injured. According to Thornton Police, the incident occurred Wednesday afternoon when the driver of a vehicle failed to obey a patrol car's command to stop, sparking a chase through city streets.