GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Police say a 14-year-old boy driving a stolen vehicle which crash in the parking lot of a restaurant outside of the Fox River Mall has died.
Grand Chute police say the incident started when officers were looking for a vehicle in connection with a reckless-driving case in Neenah around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Less than 20 minutes later, an officer spotted the vehicle heading southbound on I-41 in Grand Chute.
After watching the vehicle leave its lane, the cop tried to pull it over. The driver sped up, eventually reaching speeds of about 100 miles per hour. The officer backed off at that speed, and the driver suddenly exited at Wisconsin Avenue.
That vehicle eventually slammed into a light pole outside the IHOP restaurant.
The driver was flown to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators say the teenager was from Milwaukee and stole his uncle’s vehicle in Oshkosh.
The restaurant was damaged in the crash. It opened for business on Monday, but part of the seating area had to be closed off.
The Wisconsin State Patrol continues to investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call the State Patrol at (920) 929-3700.
