Boy in Foster care wrecks stolen van, dies in E. Ill. - Lincoln, IL - Lincoln Courier

Boy wrecks stolen van, dies in E. Ill. - Lincoln, IL - Lincoln Courier

SPRINGFIELD —
A 12-year-old eastern Illinois boy who died while driving a stolen minivan was a foster child who escaped from a hospital emergency room after recently running away from the home he’d recently been assigned to, officials said.