AURORA | A 17-year-old boy has died a week after police say he crashed a suspected stolen vehicle into another car after running a red light following a police pursuit in west Aurora.

Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement Monday that officers 

spotted what they believed to be a stolen Volkswagen Jetta near East Mississippi Avenue and East Alameda Parkway at about 4 a.m.  June 28 and attempted a traffic stop.

“A brief pursuit – lasting approximately one minute – was authorized and quickly called off due excessive speed and the suspect’s driving behavior,” Moylan said. “Approximately 10 minutes later, the same suspect vehicle, a Volkswagen Jetta, was involved in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of South Havana Street and East Alameda Avenue.”

The Jetta caught fire after the crash, and the same officers who had attempted the earlier traffic stop extinguished the flames, police said.

Investigators said the Jetta was westbound on Alameda Parkway at “a high rate of speed” when the driver ran a red light at South Havana Street and struck a Subaru WRX in the intersection.

The 17-year-old driver and his 23-year-old passenger were taken to nearby hospitals with life-threatening injuries. Police said the driver died Monday from his injuries. His identity will be released by the coroner’s office.

The passenger remained hospitalized, police said.

The driver of the Subaru, a 28-year-old Aurora man, was taken to a hospital, treated and released, police said.

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