A 15-year-old boy allegedly assaulted his mother, stole her Chevy SUV and caused a fatal crash Tuesday morning in Gary, Ind., according to Lake County police.
About 8:15 a.m., Gary police requested the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Crash Reconstruction Unit for a fatal crash at East 39th Avenue and Georgia Street, police said.
A preliminary report suggested that the SUV was going north at a high speed when it struck the door of a Hyundai Elantra wagon going west near the intersection, officials said.
The driver of the Hyundai, a 40-year-old man from Gary, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The boy was taken to a Chicago hospital, where he was in serious condition, authorities said.
Police believe the boy struck his mother in the head with a brick during a domestic incident before driving off in the SUV.
Gary police are investigating other circumstances in the case.
