17-Year-Old Led Cops On High-Speed Chase With Dead Body In Back Of Truck

A high-speed chase led by a 17-year-old ended with police discovering the body of a dead teen in the bed of his pickup truck.

The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office tweeted that someone called 911 shortly after 9 p.m on Friday, Aug.20, claiming to have witnessed a shooting.

The caller said the shooter and a woman were trying to drag the victim's body into a canal. The deputies responded to the home but the suspects had put the body in the back of a Ford F-150 pickup truck and fled the scene by then, authorities said.

Deputies tracked the vehicle down and engaged in a high-speed pursuit.

The teen, identified as Carlos Castaneda "had no regard for anyone’s life when he led PBSO deputies on a pursuit through Palm Beach County. Castaneda, of Lake Worth," the authorities said.

The pursuit ended on Martin Highway, just off I-95, when deputies managed to stop the vehicle using a pit maneuver.

"Carlos Castaneda and his female passenger had no other options but to surrender," the tweet said.

Deputies discovered the man’s body in the back of the truck. The victim has not been identified.

The cause of death isn’t clear but it appears to be a violent death, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told WPTV.

Castaneda was charged with felony fleeing and eluding in Martin County and will face additional charges in Palm Beach County.

The female passenger has not been identified and has not been charged. She is being investigated, authorities told the Sun-Sentinel.

In a similar but unrelated incident, on Aug.3, a 17-year-old boy in a black Mercedes-Benz was racing the driver of a Kia along Glenoaks Boulevard in Los Angeles, when the Kia plowed into a Volkswagen that was making a left turn.

The Volkswagen, split into several pieces and caught fire, killing three of its four passengers and damaging several parked vehicles. The fourth occupant sustained serious injuries and was rushed to a local trauma center, police said.

The deceased were identified as, 20-year-old Jaiden Kishon Johnson, 19-year-old Natalee Asal Moghaddam, and comedian Tony Baker’s 21-year-old son, Cerain Anthony Raekwon Baker.

The driver of the Kia, 19-year-old Hamlet Arseni Aghajanyan also suffered traumatic injuries and was taken to a medical center for treatment.

The Mercedes driver, who will not be named as he is a minor, fled the scene without stopping to render aid, police said.

Both drivers were arrested and charged with three counts of murder and one count of reckless driving.