13-year-old fleeing from Mo. police causes fatal wreck

Friday, July 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri teenager is dead after her car was struck by a pickup truck driven by a 13-year-old girl who was reportedly fleeing from police.

The Washington Missourian (http://bit.ly/LUQapz) reports that 17-year-old Aubrey Nothum of Washington died at a hospital after the accident on Highway 100.

Authorities say Nothum was stopped at a red light at 12:04 a.m. Friday when a pickup driven by the 13-year-old struck the driver’s side of Nothum’s car. The Missourian says the 13-year-old was fleeing from a Franklin County deputy.

The 13-year-old and her 11-year-old brother, a passenger in the truck, are hospitalized with moderate injuries.

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MO4LIFE 9 months, 4 weeks ago

what the hell is a 13 yr old doing driving in MO with her 11 yr old brother in the car and where were the parents and why haven't they been charged!!!!!!!!

LuckNLove 9 months, 4 weeks ago

That is what I wonder.... were these troubled kids or were they abused children?

JCLifer 9 months, 4 weeks ago

What were these childred doing out at 1:04 am? I agree- charge the parents with child abuse and endangerment, as well as murder.

JCLifer 9 months, 4 weeks ago

12:04 a.m.

Silverado_Phil 9 months, 4 weeks ago

According to fox2now.com:
A Franklin County deputy saw a car driving slowly and crossing a shoulder line around 12:00 a.m. Friday on Highway 47. The deputy tried to pull over the car as it swerved but the driver would not stop. Authorities say the driver sped off blowing through two traffic lights on Highway 47. The driver tried to make a right turn onto Highway 100 but lost control of the car and hit Aubrey Nothum who was sitting at a stop light at Highway 100 and Highway 47. Nothum was taken to Mercy Hospital in Washington, Mo and later transferred to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur where is was later pronounced dead. Authorities say the juvenile stole her parents car and took her brother with her. She could face Second Degree murder charges

John 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Thank you, Silverado Phil, for posting information that will, hopefully, demonstrate to those who ran their mouths (by typing) about things when they had no clue as to what they talking about, as to why they should NOT do so. (Wow! Now THAT was a sentence)

him 9 months, 4 weeks ago

I would say they just got in the car and drove off. Parents probably asleep. We leave our keys in the vehicle at home all the time. My keys are in my truck right now at home with our 14 yr old there. When you live in the country its a pretty common thing. You can't charge the parent this. Leaving their keys in the car isn't child abuse and endangerment,

JMO 9 months, 4 weeks ago

We don't leave ours in the car, but mine are in my purse and my purse is in the kitchen. Our bedroom is in the back of the house and the driveway and vehicles are in the front. It wouldn't be very hard for my son to grab the keys, get in the car and be gone without ever waking us up. Maybe a big fight with the teenager, parents go to bed, kid waits until their asleep and takes off. Pretty easy to see how that could happen.

Littleinvestor 9 months, 4 weeks ago

I must be paranoid. Vehicles are locked even when they are in a locked garage but the keys all hang on hooks in the mudroom. The kids drove the truck around the farm when they were too young to legally drive, feeding livestock, picking up small bales or hauling firewood. Sometimes an adult was with them, sometimes not.

Gabrielle 9 months, 4 weeks ago

seems a little much to charge a thirteen year old with murder.

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