Two other young boys, ages 12 and 13, were injured in that crash. All of the boys were students at Queens Intermediate School in Pasadena -- one in sixth grade and the other two in seventh grade.
Eziquiel Serna, 14, was ejected from the truck and did not survive the crash. Investigators say he was behind the wheel of a stolen Comcast truck when he was clocked going 72mph in a 60mph zone on FM 521. A trooper pulled the truck over, but when he got out of his patrol unit investigators say Serna took off.
The teen led the trooper on a chase that lasted 10 minutes, until Serna lost control on a dirt road, flipping the truck several times.
"The truck was traveling down this dirt road, lost control and flipped multiple times," said Trooper John Sampa with the Texas Department of Public Safety. "The crash ejected the driver and the other two passengers were not ejected."
His two friends and passengers, ages 12 and 13, survived. They were treated and released from the hospital.
According to investigators, the surviving passengers admitted to tossing marijuana and hash out of the window of the moving truck. Drug and theft charges against them are pending.
Counselors are on hand at Queens Intermediate to help students cope with the death of Serna.
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