DC police ID 16-year-old killed after crashing carjacked vehicle at northeast traffic circle

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1 dead after carjacked vehicles crash in DC: police

Police say one person in dead after two carjacked vehicles lost control and crashed early Thursday morning in northeast D.C.

Authorities have identified the teenage girl they say was killed when she crashed a carjacked vehicle early Thursday morning in northeast D.C.

Police say 16-year-old Kendra Outlaw was behind the wheel of a Honda Pilot around 1:45 a.m. when she crashed at a traffic circle at Brentwood Road and Bryant Street. The vehicle struck a utility pole and overturned onto its roof before striking another car and coming to rest.

At the same time, a Toyota Camry that was involved in a carjacking crashed at the same traffic circle when the driver lost control and plowed into a retaining wall on Bryant Street, police say.

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Investigators say Outlaw died at the scene. A 15-year-old girl from D.C., who was a passenger in the Toyota, was arrested at the scene for unauthorized use of a vehicle. Two others from the Toyota fled before police arrived.

Officers say the Honda was taken in a carjacking on October 26 in the 3700 block of Southern Avenue. They say the Toyota was taken in a carjacking on October 25 in Prince George's County.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 202-727-9099.