15-Year-Old Girl Crashes Stolen Car into Garden in Rheinfelden

A 15-year-old girl drove a stolen car into a garden in Rheinfelden, in the Swiss canton of Aargau, in the early hours of Saturday, March 14, 2026. The incident occurred shortly before 3:00 AM on Riburgerstrasse, when a resident was awakened by a loud bang. Two teenagers were involved in the joyride, according to the Aargau Cantonal Police. The vehicle had reportedly been stolen from the father of one of the teenagers. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash, though property damage occurred at the garden where the car came to rest.

The Aargau Cantonal Police confirmed the details of the incident on Saturday morning. A resident living near Riburgerstrasse reported being woken by the sound of the collision shortly before 3:00 AM. Officers established that the two teenagers had taken the vehicle without authorization before the crash brought their nighttime drive to an abrupt end in a private garden. The police are investigating the incident. No specific estimate of the property damage was confirmed in official communications.

Joyriding by minors involving stolen family vehicles is a recurring issue in Swiss cantons, with cantonal police forces regularly handling cases in which teenagers take cars belonging to relatives. The canton of Aargau, located in northern Switzerland and bordering Germany near Rheinfelden, is policed by the Kantonspolizei Aargau, which handles both criminal and traffic matters across the region. Rheinfelden itself sits on the Rhine river at the Swiss-German border, a location that gives the town a cross-border character. Swiss law treats vehicle theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle as distinct offenses, and cases involving minors are typically referred to youth justice authorities rather than adult criminal courts.