Girl trying to save sick pet dies in stolen car crash
Sometimes, the news I find is just sad.
A 15-year-old girl died Tuesday in a dramatic, ill-advised, effort to save her cancer-stricken dog from euthanasia.
Taylor Mae Stinchcomb, 15, died trying to prevent her dog from being euthanized.
According to an article in the Chicago Sun Times, Taylor Mae Stinchcomb, 15, stole her family’s 2003 Dodge minivan and fled her Chicago-area home with her ill dog, Romulus, and a female friend, also 15.
When Taylor became too upset to drive, her unnamed friend took the wheel. Moments later, the friend lost control of the vehicle and crashed into several trees and a telephone pole.
The dog was thrown from the vehicle and died immediately. Taylor died of her injuries at a local hospital. The driver escaped almost without a scratch.
Drugs or alcohol were not a factor in the crash, police said.
Police are not sure where the girls were headed or what they planned to do.
Taylor picked the dog out while visiting an animal shelter on her 13th birthday.
A high school freshman, Taylor is survived by two sisters, a brother and her parents, Bill and LeeAnn Stinchcomb.
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95 comments Add your comment
Paulo 977
June 24th, 2011
1:55 pm
For the parents and all of us who are saddened ….it is not the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX07j9SDFcc
Mimi
June 24th, 2011
2:00 pm
I really wish they would just stick to the facts.
Thoth Amon
June 24th, 2011
2:06 pm
“My 13 year old took our car without permission. I can assure you, she stole it.”
Why did you bother having children if you were going to view them as thieves and criminals? Idiot.
Maria
June 24th, 2011
2:12 pm
DamnAnimalLovers – why should we love people like you?
MM
June 24th, 2011
2:21 pm
WHY is this in a blog format?
Utterly disgusting that people are allowed to comment on a tragedy like this….
ummmm
June 24th, 2011
2:24 pm
@ DamnAnimalLovers you are without a doubt a total idiot !!!!!!!! One day you will regret not being a “God Fearing Person” that is while you are burning for eternity in HELL !!!!!!!!!! God Bless You before it’s to late.
left/right? who cares?
June 24th, 2011
2:26 pm
i agree with irony, but i also am sorry for the families of both girls.
Michellea
June 24th, 2011
2:34 pm
People please! Teach your children how to drive!! You may not want them driving but when they get out from under your control and get on the road, someone else usually pays the price.
tim
June 24th, 2011
2:55 pm
@ Damnanimallovers…..it doesn’t matter if there is a heaven….you are going to hell.
flfnstf
June 24th, 2011
3:15 pm
This is what happens when parents fail to teach their children the realities of life and death. She was way too old to react that way about a dog. I love animals, but really? People in this country go way too far when it comes to pets and care way too little for fellow human beings.