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Albuquerque police: Suspected stolen car crashes, killing female passenger

The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE – A man who ran from a suspected stolen car after it crashed, fatally injuring a woman who was a passenger, Albuquerque police said.

An officer tried to pull over the car Tuesday night but it didn’t stop, instead veering into oncoming traffic and colliding with a truck, police said.

The man who was driving the suspected stolen car fled and the woman who was his passenger died at a hospital, police said.

The truck’s driver wasn’t injured.

No identities were released.