PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pennsylvania State Police say a 14-year-old was behind the wheel of a car that crashed on Sunday evening and caused the eastbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) to be closed for hours.
According to police, troopers first attempted to stop a black Hyundai Sonata at about 5:50 p.m. on I-76 at mile marker 342.2 in Philadelphia. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Philadelphia earlier in the day, police said.
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The vehicle failed to yield to emergency lights and sped away from officers, police said.
The driver then lost control, crashed into a concrete barrier, swerved and rolled several times up an embankment before coming to rest.
A 15-year-old boy was ejected from the car, police said.
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He and three other juveniles who were occupants of the Sonata were taken to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The 15-year-old succumbed to his injuries a short time later.
The 14-year-old girl who was driving the car is now charged with vehicular homicide.