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A teenage girl died after being thrown from a truck that was fleeing the scene of a suspected robbery in East Tennessee.
Lacey Briggs, 14, was suspected of tying and beating up a man along with two other juvenile suspects, before stealing his truck and leading Unicoi County sheriff's deputies on a chase Monday.
The pursuit ended when the stolen Ford Ranger pickup crashed and rolled several times after the driver lost control.
The other suspects were only identified as male juveniles. They were booked into a juvenile detention center after receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained in the crash.
None of the occupants in the car were wearing seat belts, according to a crash report.
Officials found two handguns and a large hunting knife when investigating the wreck.
The robbery victim told investigators he was ambushed inside his Flag Pond home by the suspects, who had broken in and were hiding while waiting for his return.
The man was beaten, held at knife point, and tied up with rope and bungee cords, the sheriff's office wrote in a press release. He was then placed in a closet while the suspects stole his truck, officials said.
The victim soon managed to free himself and contact a sheriff's deputy who lived nearby. Deputies and Erwin police officers then spotted the vehicle, and tried in vain to stop it.
The robbery victim sustained blunt force injuries to the head and body and was transported to hospital in serious condition, officials said.
The surviving suspects are facing numerous felony charges related to the robbery, chase, and crash, officials said.
Well, you don't hear of teen girls doing that everyday....
This story makes me so sad. That poor truck didn't deserve to die that way.
Don
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