NEW TONIGHT. OFFICIALS HAVE IDENTIFIED A TEEN WHO DIED IN THIS CRASH IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. IT HAPPENED A AT SEVENTH STREET AND GRAND AVENUE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS 16 YEAR OLD CHAD NICHOLSON WAS KILLED AFTER TROOPERS WERE LED ON A CHASE OF A STOLEN VEHICLE. NICHOLSON WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. KCCI AFFILIATE JACOBSON SPOKE TO THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH. I'M 35 YEARS OLD. MY MY, I COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD. AARON STONEHOCKER SAYS HE'S LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. HE WAS DRIVING HIS JEEP ON GRAND AVENUE IN DEDES MOINES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR THAT WAS DRIVING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOME DOORDASH, AND THE CAR CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I GUESS I DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL HAPPENED. STONEHOCKER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE'S NOW BACK HOME IN ADEL, RECOVERING FROM HIS INJURIES. A BLACK EYE. THAT AND A SWOLLEN LIP. THAT'S ALL. I'M JUST LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. ACCORDING TO IOWA STATE PATROL, TROOPERS TRIED TO PULL OVER A STOLEN HYUNDAI ON I-235 FOR SPEED AROUND 1 A.M. THE SITUATION TURNED INTO A CHASE THAT ENDED DOWNTOWN WHEN THE DRIVER STARTED GOING THE WRONG WAY ON GRAND. THE IOWA STATE PATROL SAYS MOMENTS AFTER TROOPERS ENDED THE PURSUIT, THE HYUNDAI CRASHED INTO STONE WALKER'S JEEP HERE ON SEVENTH STREET. YOU CAN SEE THAT BARRICADES ARE STILL HERE AND PART OF THE BUILDING IS STILL BOARDED UP. WHAT? YOU GET HIT LIKE THIS, YOU LOSE YOUR MEMORY BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER HALF THE STUFF, I REALLY DON'T. STONEHOCKER SAYS HIS FRIEND WAS IN THE CAR WITH HIM. FIVE PEOPLE WERE IN THE STOLEN CAR. 16 YEAR OLD PASSENGER CHAD NICHOLSON DIED IN THE CRASH. I DO FEEL SORRY FOR THE YOUNG KID THAT PASSED AWAY. MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIM. THE FOUR OTHERS IN THE STOLEN CAR, INCLUDING THE DRIVER, WERE INJURED. STONEHOCKER SAYS HE HAD JUST GOTTEN HIS JEEP TWO WEEKS PRIOR. IT'S COMPLETELY TOTALED. THE WHOLE PASSENGER SIDE IS GONE. HE SAYS HE'LL HAVE TO USE HIS BROTHER'S CAR TO CONTINUE WORKING FOR LYFT, AND DOORDASH. OPHELIA