MINNETONKA, Minn. — A man is dead and a woman is hospitalized after a vehicle fleeing police crashed in Minnetonka, officers say.
At about 1:41 a.m. Sunday, the Eden Prairie Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call reporting street racing near Flying Cloud Drive and Crosstown Circle. When officers approached, police say the vehicle fled.
Police said officers pursued the vehicle into Minnetonka before losing sight of it as it passed under I-494.
According to police, the vehicle was found crashed on the 5300 block of Baker Road in Minnetonka. A 19-year-old man was found dead at the scene and a woman, also 19, was taken to the hospital. As of Monday, neither have been identified.
Police said the two 19-year-olds were the only people in the vehicle. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
This is a developing story.