16-year-old charged with accident that left three dead and seven injured | News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three people were killed and seven others injured when a 16-year-old driver ran a red light during a police chase in Hickory Hill Tuesday night, causing a five-vehicle pileup, police said.

According to the Memphis Police Department (MPD), officers attempted to stop the teenager before the accident occurred.

Police said officers attempted a traffic stop just before 9:50 p.m. near Getwell Road and Cottonwood, but the teen continued driving. Officers lost the vehicle, but it was later found near Kirby Parkway and East Raines Road, MPD said.

According to MPD, the teenager ran a red light and caused an accident involving five vehicles.

Two women were killed in the crash, and another woman was taken to the hospital and later died, police said. The teen driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Two of the deceased women were 26 and another was 47, according to MPD. A 2-year-old girl was also injured but is expected to recover, according to police.

Three other women, two men and a child suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the accident, police said.

The 16-year-old driver was charged with aggravated robbery, fleeing arrest in a vehicle and possession of prohibited weapons, in particular a machine gun.

According to MPD, no officers were injured.

FOX13 obtained footage from the moments leading up to the crash, which shows at least one car bursting into flames after an accident near a gas station before police cars show up shortly afterward.