MANCHESTER, N.H. — Grief councilors are being made available at a New Hampshire middle school after a 13-year-old boy was killed and a 14-year-old girl was seriously injured after police said they crashed a car they stole from a delivery driver.
The teens, both Manchester residents, have not been identified.
Manchester School District Superintendent Jennifer Chmiel on Wednesday confirmed one of the students, the boy who died, was a student in the school district.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our students, and our thoughts are with those impacted by this motor vehicle accident,” Chmiel said in a statement.
Chmiel said additional resources are being made available at the Southside Middle School in Manchester.
“In addition to our school based counseling teams, we have brought in additional community resources and grief counselors that will be available at the school,” Chmiel said.
“We encourage parents and students to reach out to a member of the Southside team if you have any questions or would like to access these resources,” said Chmiel, who also provided additional resources about grief on the school’s website.
Early Wednesday morning, around 12:50 a.m., officers responded to a report of a stolen motor vehicle in the area of 5 Clifford Ave., police said.
The victim, a food delivery driver, told officers he had briefly left his 2014 Toyota Corolla unattended. When he returned, the vehicle was gone.
About an hour later, officers spotted the Corolla in the area of Kenberma Street. The Corolla was traveling without headlights on. When police activated emergency lights and sirens, the driver behind the wheel drove away quickly.
Police pursued the Corolla and continued onto the highway, but stopped the chase after losing sight of the vehicle.
Shortly before 2 a.m., state police found the car in the area of Route 101 westbound at the Kilton Road off-ramp in Bedford, where it had crashed.
Bedford Police and Fire responded to the rollover crash.
When emergency crews arrived, they found two occupants had been ejected from the vehicle, police said.
The 13-year-old driver was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A 14-year-old girl who was his passenger was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with serious injuries, Bedford police said. Her condition was not known on Wednesday.
A preliminary investigation found that the Corolla appeared to be exiting Route 101 onto Kilton Road when it crashed, rolled over and came to a rest on the on-ramp side of Kilton Road. The boy and girl were not wearing seatbelts, police said.
Investigators also found that the 13- and 14-year-old juveniles were the only occupants of the vehicle.
The Toyota that crashed is the same vehicle that was reported stolen earlier from a delivery/rideshare driver in Manchester, police said.
The crash remains under investigation by the Bedford Police Department Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team.
The Kilton Road on- and off-ramps were initially closed after the crash, but reopened later on Wednesday morning.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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