Update: Victim ID'd in Fatal Police Chase Crash

Updated at 2:58 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015: Forty-six-year-old Sharlene Stinson, of Yonkers, has been identified as the woman who was killed Monday when her sedan was rammed by a stolen van that was being chased by police.

Stinson was pronounced dead at the scene of the 4:16 p.m. crash on Warburton Avenue. According to The Journal News, she was an employee at a school for children with developmental disabilities.

The two teenage suspects in the stolen van remain hospitalized in critical condition.

Yonkers police issued the following press release Tuesday afternoon detailing the incident:

The Yonkers Police Department continues to investigate the fatal motor vehicle accident which occurred yesterday afternoon on Warburton Avenue south of Odell Avenue. The driver of a 2011 Hyundai Sonata (lone occupant), who was pronounced deceased at the scene, has been identified as 46 year old female Yonkers resident Sharlene Stinson. The suspect vehicle is a white 1997 Dodge Ram van, which had been reported stolen in the area of Warburton Avenue on 11-14-15. The two occupants of the stolen van are identified as a 16 year old male suspect and a 14 year old female suspect, both of whom are Yonkers residents. These two suspects are currently in a local trauma center in critical condition and no charges have been filed at this time as the criminal investigation is continuing.

Initial information has revealed that a 911 call was made to the Yonkers Police Communications Division at approximately 4:16 p.m., the caller related that occupants of the van were breaking into parking meters in the area of 4 Schroeder Street. Responding Officers in a marked police unit had been made aware of the stolen van at the start of their tour during their roll call briefing. As the marked unit canvassed the area of North Broadway and Lamartine Avenue, the stolen van was observed. The marked unit followed the suspect vehicle and in the area of Warburton Avenue and Glenwood Avenue, made an attempt to pull the suspect vehicle over by activating their emergency lights. The suspect vehicle did not pull over and continued northbound on Warburton Avenue, where the suspect vehicle subsequently struck the Hyndai Sonata, which was travelling southbound on Warburton Avenue. Based on witness statements and video obtained in the area thus far, the distance between the suspect vehicle and the marked unit fluctuated before the accident occurred. Video also reveals that the suspect vehicle crossed over the double yellow line, driving northbound on the southbound side of Warburton Avenue.

The continuing investigation will include the recovery of possible surveillance video, examination of physical evidence, forensic analysis, accident reconstruction, and the canvassing and interviewing of possible witnesses.

Information has been developed that the occupants of the van, as well as additional suspects not involved at the accident scene, may have been involved in other criminal activity with the stolen van in the recent past.

It should be noted that this investigation is in the early stages and our Detectives and Internal Affairs investigators are working closely with the Office of the Westchester County District Attorney on this matter. Anyone with information can contact the Detective Division at 914-377-7724.

Original story: A woman was killed Monday on Warburton Avenue in Yonkers when the sedan she was driving crashed with a stolen van fleeing from police, according to authorities.

The Yonkers woman’s identity was not yet released, pending notification of next of kin. The two suspects in the van were critically injured, reports The Journal News, and are being treated at Westchester Medical Center.

Police said the chase began at about 4 p.m. when suspects in a stolen van were observed allegedly trying to break into a parking meter before they fled the scene with police in pursuit.

The incident remains under investigation and authorities are urging anyone with information to contact the Yonkers Police Detective Division at 914-377-7724.

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