The Iowa State Patrol, Monday evening, released additional information on an accident involving two teens who had absconded from the Clarinda Academy Monday afternoon. Authorities say the accident happened as Clarinda Police were chasing a 2018 Chevy passenger car that had been reported stolen. The vehicle was occupied by the driver, 16-year old Isaiah Mikah Fontana, and his passenger, 16-year old Chris Nathaniel Sullivan, both of Clarinda.

Authorities say at around 2:26-p.m., the car, which was traveling at a high rate of speed on Highway 2 near mile marker 37, topped the crest of a hill and went out of control before entering the north ditch and vaulting over a field drive. The vehicle rolled twice before coming to rest on its top. The teens were transported by Shenandoah and Clarinda Rescue squads to the Clarinda Regional Hospital.

Authorities had been looking for the teens since they absconded from the Clarinda Academy earlier in the afternoon, on Monday.