1 dead, 3 injured after stolen car slams into SUV in Springfield Township, police say

Last updated: 12:08 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — One person was killed and three others were injured after police said a stolen car slammed into an SUV early Monday morning in Springfield Township, Montgomery County.

It happened shortly before 5 a.m. in the Wyndmoor section of Springfield Township, on the border of Philadelphia County. Two vehicles flipped onto their passenger sides and landed on the grass by the intersection of Stenton and Evergreen avenues.

A red Hyundai Elantra landed near a tree, with its front windshield smashed. The front bumper was in the middle of the road and the back bumper was 20 feet to its left. The front of a white Infiniti SUV was also smashed, and a deployed front airbag was visible. A tire from one of the cars flew across the street.

Two men and a woman were in the Hyundai Elantra, police said. One man was ejected from the car and died. The other man and the woman were injured. The exact extent of their injuries is not known.

The driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Sources told NBC10 that the Hyundai Elantra had been stolen. Police said it was going east on Evergreen Avenue and ran a red light, hitting the SUV, which had the right of way on Stenton Avenue.

Police are still investigating the crash.

Stenton Avenue remains closed off at Evergreen Avenue. Officials with the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office took the deceased victim’s body around 8 a.m.

Neighbors who live by this intersection say it’s a dangerous one — drivers often fly by and run red lights. Even if they get the green light to turn onto Stenton Avenue, residents say they wait a few seconds, just in case.