Teen dead, 3 adults injured after stolen car runs red light, slams into SUV in Springfield Township, police say

Last updated: 6:30 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A teenager was killed and three other people were injured early Monday morning when a stolen car slammed into an SUV in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, according to police.

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 East 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 QX80 was also smashed, and a deployed front airbag was visible. A tire from one of the cars flew across the street.

A man, a woman and a 15-year-old boy were in the Hyundai, police said. The boy was ejected from the car and died. The man and the woman were injured. The exact extent of their injuries is not known.

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

Springfield Township police confirm that the Hyundai had been reported stolen to the Philadelphia Police Department on Saturday. Police said it was going east on Evergreen Avenue and ran a red light, hitting the Infiniti, which had the right of way on Stenton Avenue.

Police are still investigating the crash.

Stenton Avenue was closed off at Evergreen Avenue for several hours on Monday morning. Officials with the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office took the deceased victim’s body around 8 a.m.

Neighbors who live by the 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.