Two teens ejected from car die in Roosevelt Blvd. crash
Two teenagers were ejected from a Nissan after striking another vehicle, a tree and a house.
Two Philadelphia teenagers died on Roosevelt Boulevard on Saturday night after their car struck another vehicle, hit a tree and then a nearby house.
According to police, the accident occurred at 10:46 p.m. at the intersection with Devereaux Street in Oxford Circle when a Nissan traveling south on the Boulevard made contact with a Subaru also traveling south.
The driver of the Nissan then lost control, veering off the road and into a tree on the 1500 block of nearby Stevens Street before slamming into a house there, police said.
Both the 19-year-old driver, identified as Thien Tran, of the 200 block of West Rockland Street, and his 17-year-old passenger, Nicholas Sy, of the 6500 block of North American Street, were ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
A 27-year-old female passenger in the Subaru was injured and was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where she was reported in stable condition, police said. No one in the house was reported injured. An unoccupied Toyota Avalon parked in the area was damaged by flying debris from the Nissan, police said.
The Boulevard is considered the most dangerous thruway in the city, accounting for 8 percent of all crashes that resulted in death or serious injury from 2013 to 2017. Last year, 21 people died on it, according to police data.
Last month, City Council voted to install cameras at seven to 11 locations along the 11½-mile roadway in an effort to deter speeding, with fines planned for violators.
Cameras are expected to be in place by the end of the year.