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A HIGH SPEED CRASH IN
STOCKTON THIS MORNING LEFT A
15-YEAR-OLD DEAD AND FIVE OTHER
TEENAGERS BADLY HURT.
WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW THE
CAR'S FRONT WHEELS GO UP AND
THEN SLAM INTO A TREE.
POLICE SAY THE DRIVER DID NOT
HAVE A LICENSE.
TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE DEADLY COLLISION THAT
HAPPENED THIS MORNING IN
STOCKTON
THE CRASH KILLED THE
15-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND INJURED
FIVE OTHER TEENS IN THE CAR.
THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 8:30
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF WILSON
WAY AND AIL PYNE AVENUE WHERE
KCRA 3'S LIVE AND YOU JUST
LEARNED THE IDENTITY OF THAT
DRIVER?
YES.
JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR THE
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE IDENTIFIED HIM AS
15-YEAR-OLD DYLAN CHANDLER OF
STOCKTON.
EARLIER TODAY THEY CLOSED OFF
THIS BUSY PORTION OF WILSON WAY
FOR NEARLY THREE HOURS
FOLLOWING THE COLLISION.
SOME WITNESSES AT A NEARBY FLEA
MARKET BLAME NEARBY MEDIANS FOR
CONTRIBUTING TO THE CRASH.
THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THE
FORD SEDAN THE CHP SAYS THE
15-YEAR-OLD DRIVER WAS IN WHEN
HE LEFT CONTROL -- LOST
CONTROL, LEFT THE ROADWAY, AND
CAME TO A STOP IN THE DITCH
THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING
WESTBOUND AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE
OF SPEED.
DRIVER LOST CONTROL.
ULTIMATELY TRAVELED OFF THE
RIGHT-HAND SHOULDER WHERE THE
VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A TREE.
FAMILY MEMBERS DIDN'T WANT
TO GO ON CAMERA BUT IDENTIFIED
THE DRIVER AS DYLAN CHANDLER
STOCKTON.
THE CHP PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD AT
THE SCENE AND FIVE OTHER
PASSENGERS ALL UNDER THE AGE OF
18 WERE AIR LIFTED OR TAKEN BY
AMBULANCE TO AREA HOSPITALS.
LIKE BURNING RUBBER AND THEN
RIGHT WHEN IT WAS STOPPING I
SEEN IT RIGHT HERE ON THIS TREE
RIGHT HERE.
IT WAS TAIL PINNED UP TO BREAK.
ISABELLE GUERRERO WAS
WORKING AT THE WILSON WAY FLEA
MARKET AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH
AND SAYS DOZENS OF PEOPLE
LOOKED ON AS FIREFIGHTERS
RESCUED SEVERAL PEOPLE TRAPPED
INSIDE THE CAR.
I CAME DOWN WILSON WAY AND
WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING
LOT AND I NOTICED ALL THE
VEHICLES.
THERE WERE SEVERAL VEHICLES
THAT PULLED OVER.
HE SAYS THIS ISN'T THE FIRST
COLLISION HE'S SEEN AT THIS
BUSY INTERSECTION.
HE HAS NOTICED A SHARP INCREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF CRASHES HERE
SINCE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
INSTALLED NEW MEADIANS ABOUT
SIX WEEKS AGO.
YEAH.
IT'S DANGEROUS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CARS ON THE
ROAD AND SUCH
THE CHP SAYS IT IS
INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE
MEDIANS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE
CRASH BUT ADDED IT DIDN'T
BELIEVE SO.
BACK OUT HERE LIVE THE CHP IS
ALSO LOOKING NO HOW FAST
CHANDLER WAS DRIVING AND
WHETHER ANY OTHER CARS WERE
INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION.
IN THE MEANTIME FAMILY MEMBERS
TELL ME THE TEEN HAD TAKEN HIS
MOTHER'S CAR AND JUST REPLACED
A TIRE AT A NEARBY TIRE SHOP