A teenage boy was killed and a teenage girl badly hurt after they fled police in a stolen car and crashed in rural Elbert County Friday night.
The Colorado State Patrol said today that Nickolas James Parrilli, 17, of Littleton, was killed when the stolen Ford Expedition he was driving rolled eight times after striking strips of spikes police had set out to try to stop him.
Parrilli wasn’t wearing a seat belt and was hurled from the car, Trooper Gilbert Mares reported.
Parrilli’s passenger, Tara E. Chrisner, 17, of Elizabeth, was partially ejected but remained pinned in the car and rescue workers had to cut her from the wreckage. She was flown to Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, where a hospital official said she remained in critical condition today.
The Elbert County sheriff’s office reported that a woman’s silver 2005 Expedition had been stolen from the mail pickup station at the Sun Country Meadows subdivision where she lived.
The woman told deputies she had been collecting her mail at 6:35 p.m. Friday when two people stole the car. She called 911, and less than 10 minutes later a deputy saw the SUV run a stop sign. The deputy started a pursuit on County Road 13.
Elizabeth police had set out the spikes almost a mile from the Elizabeth High School, where traffic was heavy as parents and students arrived to attend a choir concert.
Alcohol and drugs are not considered contributing factors, Mares reported.
State troopers are conducting a crash investigation. Deputies and Elizabeth police are investigating the vehicle theft.
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