A car fleeing from police crashed into a tree on East Jericho Turnpike and Parkside Drive in Mineola early Saturday morning, killing a juvenile passenger, Nassau County Police said in a statement.
Officers were responding to a 911 call for multiple larcenies in the Carle Place and Westbury areas. After officers attempted to perform a traffic stop on two nearby vehicles, both cars fled northbound on Carle Road in Westbury and then westbound on East Jericho.
Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, one of the vehicles—a 2019 Jeep Latitude—lost control and struck a tree on East Jericho and Parkway Drive. Both juvenile passengers were taken to a local hospital for treatment, where one was pronounced dead by hospital staff at 2:29 a.m.
The driver of the vehicle was admitted to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and was placed under arrest. He will be arranged when medically practical, police said.