A 13-year-old boy was driving the stolen vehicle that struck another vehicle in Germantown, Maryland, early Tuesday morning, killing a man and injuring the teen driver and six passengers in the vehicle he was driving, who are all 12-15 years old, according to police.
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Montgomery County police on Wednesday identified the man who was killed as William Vance Payne II, 58, of Virginia. He was driving a 2007 Toyota Matrix along Clopper Road when a stolen 2015 Kia Optima, driven by the 13-year-old boy on Great Seneca Highway, entered the intersection of the two roads and struck the Toyota, police said.
The crash happened at around 5:25 a.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived to find both vehicles severely damaged. Payne was pronounced dead at the scene.
The teen driver was taken to the hospital in a condition police described as critical but stable. The six passengers in the Kia were all also taken to hospitals. Inside the Kia were four girls, ages 14, 14, 13 and 12, and two boys, ages 15 and 12, along with the driver.
1 dead, 7 injured after two-vehicle crash in Germantown
The Kia was reported stolen from a home in Germantown several hours after the collision, police said.
The investigation into the crash may take several weeks to months to complete, police said. The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office will decide which criminal charges, if any, are filed once it receives the evidence.
