GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The teenage driver who tried to escape police, causing the fiery crash that killed his 15-year cousin and a Calvin College student, is heading to prison.\
A jury Friday convicted 17-year-old Alex Torrez on all 10 charges he faced in connection to the March 11 police chase and crash, including two counts of second-degree murder.
Michigan State Police say Torrez, who was 16 at the time and didn’t have a driver’s license, didn’t stop when a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding on US-131. The chase ended when Torrez ran a red light at 52nd Street and Broadmoor Avenue and slammed into Tara Oskam’s car.
Oskam was heading back to Calvin College from a church euchre tournamentand talking to her roommate on the phone when the crash happened. She died in the crash, along with Torrez’s passenger, David Torrez.
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