Three teenagers dead after State Police pursuit that began in Alexandria

This story was originally published at 8:25 a.m. Monday, Sept. 28, and has been updated.

Correction, Oct. 12: Virginia State Police now say the surviving occupant is from Prince George’s County, Maryland. An earlier version, based on information State Police released Sept. 29, described her as an Alexandria resident.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Three teenagers died and a fourth was hospitalized after a stolen vehicle crashed on an Interstate 395 exit ramp early Monday, at the end of a Virginia State Police pursuit that began in Alexandria’s West End.

The pursuit lasted about two minutes and covered about five miles, State Police said. The vehicle reached speeds of about 90 mph.

A trooper spotted the car at Stevenson Avenue and South Walker Street at about 12:45 a.m. and tried to make a traffic stop. It did not stop. The pursuit ran from Stevenson and South Walker to Duke Street, then onto I-395 northbound, State Police spokesman Matthew Demlein told The Alexandria Brief.