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A car theft turned into a four-car accident just after 9 a.m. on June 22 that left two teenage boys dead. The Toyota Camry the boys were driving went out of control, struck several other vehicles and ended up upside-down and mangled.
The accident on Lawrence Expressway near E. Arques Avenue quickly drew the attention of the California Highway Patrol, and it was their radio chatter that alerted members of the Santa Clara Country Regional Auto Theft Task Force to the scene.
According to CHP spokesman Steve Perea, the task force informed officers that the two teenagers--San Jose resident Steve Kwim, 16, and 17-year-old Leonel Cabrera of Sunnyvale--were suspects in five car thefts in Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Santa Clara.
The Camry they were driving had been reported stolen the previous weekend. Kwim, the driver of the car, was reported dead at the scene, and Cabrera died later at a nearby hospital.
Perea said the investigation has shifted to the theft ring the boys were allegedly part of, but no more information was available at press time.
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Photograph by Sean Penello