Enid teen charged with murder after fatal crash

Editor's Note: In accordance with KFOR policy, a juvenile suspect may be named in the article if he or she has been formally charged with first-degree murder.

ENID, Okla. (KFOR) — A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a police chase in Enid that began over a suspected stolen vehicle ended in a crash that killed an 85-year-old man and injured four teenagers Thursday morning.

According to the Enid Police Department, officers received a report of a stolen vehicle, a 2019 Nissan Frontier, early Thursday morning. Around 9:32 a.m., an officer spotted a vehicle matching the description near Jefferson Street and Willow Road.

The officer attempted to stop the truck, but the driver of the Frontier sped off. While trying to catch up, the officer lost sight of the truck near the Garfield County Fairgrounds on Washington Street.

Shortly after, Enid police said officers found the same vehicle involved in a crash at the intersection of 4th Street and Purdue Avenue. Officers at the scene determined the driver of the Frontier likely ran the eastbound stop sign and struck a southbound Lincoln Continental at a high rate of speed, killing the southbound driver.

In a report sent Thursday evening, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol identified the driver killed in the crash as Francis L. Boyle, 85, of Burlington, Oklahoma.

The occupants of the Frontier – a 14-year-old driver, two 15-year-old passengers and a 16-year-old passenger – were all taken to hospital after the crash.

Ayden Johanson, 14, the alleged driver of the stolen truck, was charged with first-degree murder and unauthorized use of a vehicle, according to court records.