Two die in crash after police chase carjacked vehicle

SEATTLE ( – Authorities say two men died in Seattle’s Delridge neighborhood on Thursday after a man fleeing police in a stolen car crashed into another vehicle, killing both drivers.

The Seattle Police Department says three people carjacked a Honda Accord at gunpoint around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, and when police spotted a man driving the Honda around 2 a.m. on Thursday, they attempted to pull him over. The man fled at high speed according to police, and crashed into another car in the 6800 block of Highland Park Way Southwest. Both drivers, the only people in each car, died at the scene.

The release says a handgun was found in the carjacked vehicle.