Four teenagers in Ohio were killed in a high-speed car crash that involved a stolen car, according to authorities.
At around 12:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, March 12, the four teenagers were heading down Cleveland’s West 106th St. in a 2014 Hyundai Sonata — stolen around two weeks prior — when the driver, 18-year-old Eddy Deandre Bonner, lost control of the vehicle, local outlets WOIO, Cleveland.com and Fox 8 reported.
The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the three other victims as 19-year-old Caurie Williams, 14-year-old Tamera Davis and 14-year-old Kalise McGee, per the outlets.
According to surveillance video obtained by police, Bonner seemingly lost control of the vehicle at a “very high speed” and attempted to correct their path when the vehicle crashed into two trees and a car, per WOIO.
According to Fox 8, police said the car was going at an “excessive speed” when the impact occurred, and Williams, Davis and McGee were all ejected from the vehicle. All four teens were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
Cleveland Police Chief Annie Todd said during a press conference that investigators do not believe anyone was chasing the car.
The Hyundai was stolen on Feb. 27 from the city’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, she added, per News 5 Cleveland, but police are still unsure who specifically stole the car.
“Vehicles can be absolutely dangerous and, as we can see, have deadly consequences with deadly results,” Todd said on March 12, per News 5.
Mourners gathered at the site of the crash on Thursday, March 13, and placed balloons where the wrecked car had landed.
Following the tragedy, several of the teens’ parents have opened up about their children’s deaths.
Clarissa McGee, mother of Kalise, told News 5 that her daughter and Tamera were both eighth grade students at Orchard Pre K-8 Stem School in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The school district also confirmed to the outlet that Bonner was a remote high school student.
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Tamera’s mother, Sommer Brown, also told the outlet that she believes her daughter was not involved in the car theft.
“She probably didn’t realize she was in a stolen car because you’ve got to think she was with her friend, a girl she thought she could trust,” Brown said of her daughter and her classmate. “Feb. 27, she was with me. She wasn’t out there stealing cars.”
“Tamera was a good kid, she had a lot of potential,” Brown added, reflecting on her daughter’s death.
As for Kalise’s mother, she told News 5 that processing her daughter’s death would be near impossible.
“That was my only kid. So I don’t know how to move forward,” she said. “I don’t know how to move forward.”
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