Teen Ran Red Light In Montco Crash That Killed Boy, Injured 2: DA

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, PA — A teenager has been charged with homicide by vehicle after driving a stolen vehicle in a fatal crash in Springfield Township which left a 15-year-old dead and two others severely injured, authorities announced.

Asiyah Mowatt-Mays, 18, of West Durham Street in Philadelphia, faces numerous related charges.

The incident occurred on Monday, July 29 at around 5 a.m. at the intersection of Stenton and Evergreen avenues in the Wyndmoor section of Springfield.

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Mowatt-Mays was driving a red 2020 Hyundai, which had been stolen from Chestnut Hill by someone else just days before, on July 27.

She was going 47 miles per hour in the northbound direction on Evergreen Avenue when she blew through a red light at Stenton, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office said.

She was then struck by a white 2004 Infiniti which was going about 60 miles per hour, investigators found.

None of the occupants in either vehicle were wearing seatbelts, authorities said.

The fatal victim was a 15-year-old boy who was a passenger in the Hyundai. A 14-year-old boy was found lying on the sidewalk severely injured, and the driver of the Infiniti, who had to be extracted from his vehicle, was also severely injured, police said.

Mowatt-Mays suffered wounds to her face and eye.

In addition to homicide by vehicle, she was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, receiving stolen property, reckless driving, and more.

She was arraigned on Aug. 29, and bail was set at $250,000. A preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 10.