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Traverse City police ID man killed in stolen cab

4:11 PM EST, January 14, 2013

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Police in Traverse City say they've identified an 18-year-old man who was killed when he crashed a taxi he'd just stolen.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle (http://bit.ly/11vcKkq ) reports that police say the man killed Saturday was Jeremy Schwierking of Traverse City.

Police say he was thrown from the cab near a Traverse City hotel and was pronounced dead at the scene.

At the time of the crash, police were investigating a report of the theft of an unattended cab about 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Information from: Traverse City Record-Eagle, http://www.record-eagle.com