4 Recent High School Grads Killed When Driver Fleeing Police Slams Into Car, Splitting Vehicle in 2

Yonkers crash.

Four recent high school graduates were killed Tuesday just outside New York City in a collision with another vehicle that was fleeing from police.

Before the crash, police said they had observed a white 2009 Infiniti sedan at about 9:23 p.m. operating in an “erratic manner with equipment violations” in the area of South Broadway and Prospect Street in Yonkers. They attempted to stop the 36-year-old driver, Devon Haywood.

Police say Haywood appeared to pull over but then immediately sped off at a high rate of speed and “continued to accelerate beyond reckless speeds” as he approached an intersection, the press release states.

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Police said the force of the impact split the Nissan in two. All four of the young men were thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

According to theNew York Times, the four teens had recently graduated from Saunders Trades and Technical High School in Yonkers.

Haywood was taken to a trauma center where he died from his injuries.

Yonkers police said they are investigating the incident and have recovered surveillance video, and are able to reconstruct the accident scene.

source: people.com