BATON ROUGE, LA : 16-year-old killed, another teen hurt in fiery crash after overnight police chase on Wednesday, 27th December 2023

A teenage driver is dead after a police pursuit that began in Iberville Parish early Wednesday morning and ended in a crash in neighboring Pointe Coupee Parish, investigators said.

Wednesday night, State Police identified the teenager killed in the crash as 16-year-old Michael Saavedra-Fernandez of New Orleans. The identity of the 13-year-old female passenger was not released.

Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi says Saavedra-Fernandez’s mother reported the vehicle, her SUV, had been stolen out of the New Orleans area. The vehicle was later involved in several hit-and-run incidents.

Iberville deputies spotted the driver of the stolen vehicle, Saavedra-Fernandez, driving recklessly along I-10 at the Grosse Tete exit and began a pursuit around 3 a.m., Stassi said.

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