1 teenager dead, another injured after rollover wreck in East Rochester
EAST ROCHESTER (KDKA) — One teenager is dead and another is injured after a crash in Beaver County.
The crash occurred just before 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday along Route 65 near the end of the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge in East Rochester Borough. The car hit a nearby hill and flipped. Investigators said the crash followed a car chase.
Loved ones of the victim say he was 15-year-old Dante Newhouse.
"Pray for them and have everything. Hope the kid gets better that's in the hospital," nearby neighbor Carol Milligan said.
Miller was the passenger in the car. A 17-year-old was the driver.
"That's terrible, anybody could be killed in an automobile accident," Milligan said.
Police say the car was stolen from a gas station in New Brighton just before 11 p.m. on Monday. Miller's family says he was picked up after this alleged carjacking. Officers spotted the car in Monaca and then started a chase. They went over the bridge as the car with the two teens was speeding.
"All of a sudden, I saw a car coming over the bridge coming really fast. I thought they were going to turn but they didn't turn," witness Karissa Osadciw said.
The car ended up hitting the nearby hill at the intersection.
"They went right up on the hill. Their car went up in the air, went off the ground and fell over on its back," Osadciw said.
Investigators said Miller died at the scene. The driver was taken to UPMC Children's Hospital with suspected broken bones.
Miller's family was not ready to talk today about the incident. St. Stephen's in Zelienople confirmed Miller was a student but did not offer any comment on the crash.
State police continue to investigate. At this point, there is no word of any charges.
