Teen charged in fatal crash; texting suspected

Published June 4, 2013 10:22pm ET



ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A state grand jury has indicted an Anchorage teenager suspected of texting while driving on manslaughter and other felony charges for a crash that killed a woman.

Prosecutors allege Murphy Madison Gross, 16, took his father’s new sport utility vehicle without permission, smoked marijuana with friends and drove without a license Feb. 6 before running a red light and causing a crash that killed Catherine Cope.

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