By Maxwell Alexander

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Earlier this week, a 15-year-old boy was arrested in San Jose because he was linked to a fatal hit-and-run crash that left a pregnant soon to be mother and baby dead. 

Police stated that the teenager was one of two minors operating a vehicle that struck 21-year-old April Zoglauer’s car at a high speed around the intersection of Blossom Hill Road and Winfield Boulevard.

Witnesses say that Zoglauer was riding eastbound on Blossom Hill Road as the teenager, who has yet to be named, collided with her Nissan sedan after running through a red light. After the accident, Zoglauer was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, but unfortunately she passed away soon after. As for her baby, Devontae, he was delivered successfully, but soon faced the same fate, as he died due to health complications after his birth. 

As the two suspects fled on food, one suspect is still on the loose. Authorities later identified the car they were in was in fact stolen. After he saw the story on the news, Shadab Ali, a junior at Silver Creek, expressed his dismay with the situation, stating that “it was terrible that it happened to a pregnant mother.”