<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 14-year-old and a 17-year-old have today been arrested over an alleged burglary, in which one of the cars stolen was later involved in a collision that killed two other teenage boys in Melbourne's east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nicholas Price and Nicholas Crick, both 16, were killed in a crash on Kelletts Road, Rowville, on Sunday morning when an allegedly stolen Toyota Yaris hit a tree.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe the Yaris the boys were travelling in was stolen from a Knoxfield home during an aggravated burglary.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2025-row-over-kooyong-election-signage/44754a9c-5c70-4dff-8b40-4a13ac6f38b3" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Do not take this sign': Liberals issue cheeky warning to teal MP Monique Ryan</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The teens were the only two in the vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, Victoria Police confirmed that a 17-year-old male handed himself into detectives on April 1 in relation to the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police understand the 17-year-old was an occupant in a second allegedly stolen car related to the alleged burglary.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/rowville-crash-teenager-arrested-over-stolen-car-crash-that-killed-teen-boys/96fc0abd-8d6f-4419-a65f-a26c9266cf29" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A 17-year-old male from the Knox area handed himself into police on 1 April following the Rowville crash that claimed the lives of two males on 30 March," Victoria police said in a statement to 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/nsw-weather-update-hazardous-surf-warning-for-coastal-areas/e0afa61c-a6fb-48eb-b6e1-add23fb01914" target="_blank"><strong><span>Huge stretch of NSW coastline remains under hazardous surf warning</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 17-year-old has since been released and will be charged on summons with aggravated burglary and theft of a vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A second boy, aged 14, was arrested in Wodonga today in relation to the allegedly stolen Honda and has been charged with aggravated burglary.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege the 14-year-old was the driver of the second stolen vehicle. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The impact of the crash was so severe police had to use DNA and fingerprints to identify them.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands one of the boys had a criminal history and was known to police.</span></div></div>

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