Teen heart transplant recipient Anthony Stokes went on a crime spree, led police on a high speed chase and died after the stolen SUV he was driving hit a pole on Tuesday, reports CNN.

Stokes carjacked someone at a mall parking lot, kicked in the door of a Roswell, Georgia, home and shot at an elderly woman who called 911, said Roswell police spokeswoman Lisa Holland.

The 17-year-old fled the home in a black SUV, according to Holland. Police noticed the car, ran the plates and discovered it was stolen. The police chase then ensued.

During the police chase, Stokes lost control of the vehicle, struck a pedestrian and then a pole, Holland said. The SUV was nearly sliced in half due to the crash impact, she said.

The pedestrian who was hit is stable and in good condition, reports WSBTV.

Stokes was transported from the crash scene to a nearby hospital where he died.

What is particularly tragic about Stokes' story is that the teen received a heart transplant after initially being rejected -- he was given a second chance at life.

In 2013, the media reported on the Stokes' family struggle to get their son a heart transplant. The media publicized a letter the family claimed was from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta that read, "Anthony is currently not a transplant candidate due to having a history of noncompliance, which is one of our center's contraindications to listing for heart transplant."

Anthony's "noncompliance" was that he had low school grades and had spent time in juvenile detention.

It is important for potential transplant recipients to show compliance because if a patient doesn't take medication as directed or follow the strict medical protocol, he or she could die within weeks of leaving the hospital, Dr. Ryan Davies, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, told CNN.

Davies was not involved in Anthony's heart transplant.

After Anthony's story made headlines in 2013, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta gave him the heart transplant.

Rev. Samuel Mosteller of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), who advocated for the teen at that time, told CNN that he was disappointed. SCLC had referred the troubled teenager to a mentor program, but Mosteller said that he wasn't sure how much Anthony participated.

"What happened between the time in 2013 to now, I don't really know," he said. "How much Anthony recognized the gravity of things and did what he needed to do to make himself a viable citizen, I don't know. But we tried."

The Orlando Sentinel reported in 2013 that the average cost of a heart transplant is between $550,000 and $650,000. Sixty-three Georgia patients received a heart transplant that year, and only six were between the ages of 11 and 17, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing.

Daily Mail reports that Children's Healthcare of Atlanta declined to comment Wednesday about Anthony's case, saying only: "We are deeply saddened by this loss."

Since 2014, Stokes' Facebook page displayed pictures of him holding wads of cash and handguns. His Facebook profile describes him as "in a relationship" and a business owner.