{"id":5734,"date":"2023-03-27T19:44:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ci02bb4a5310002682"},"modified":"2023-03-27T19:44:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:44:11","slug":"15-year-old-boy-killed-in-head-on-collision-with-stolen-kia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/03\/27\/15-year-old-boy-killed-in-head-on-collision-with-stolen-kia\/","title":{"rendered":"15-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED IN HEAD ON COLLISION WITH STOLEN KIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Davis, 15, was killed on Sunday, March 26, 2023, at approximately 12:19 a.m. on South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wreck-a1-2a03-4f8f-8e70-2def3e6dad32_1140x641.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> The preliminary investigation indicates the Kia Optima being driven by Richard was traveling at a high rate of speed on South Tryon Street when the vehicle lost control, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a GMC Acadia in the front driver&#8217;s side head on. <\/p>\n<p>The Kia flipped upside down and sustained heavy front end damage. The GMC Acadia also had major front end damage. <\/p>\n<p>Richard was pronounced deceased on scene by medics. The driver of the GMC Acadia was transported to Atrium Health Main Hospital with serious injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kia that Richard was driving was reported stolen two days earlier. A TikTok challenge shows how easy it is to steal a Kia with a USB drive used as a fake key. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottealertsnews.com\/news\/video-suspects-get-away-from-cops-during-stolen-car-chase\">See below video of suspects stealing Kia vehicles and getting away from cops in a chase.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/BZJPFUlG-Hzou2vmC.html\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Davis was just a kid, behind the wheel of a stolen Kia vehicle when he was killed. Kia vehicles are easy to steal these days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,433,192,425,236,173,77,75,546,231,169,318,230,194,373,10,256,269,276,369,121,238,233,190,344],"class_list":["post-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ambulance","tag-car","tag-car-collision","tag-car-crash","tag-car-upside-down","tag-collision","tag-crash","tag-deadly-crash","tag-doctor","tag-emergency","tag-fatal-collision","tag-head-on-collision","tag-hospital","tag-injuries","tag-nurse","tag-paramedics","tag-steal","tag-teenager","tag-teenagers-killed","tag-theft","tag-vehicle","tag-vehicle-collision","tag-vehicle-flip-over","tag-vehicle-wreck","tag-vehicular-death"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tender-hodgkin.62-151-180-206.plesk.page\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}