Winnipeg police have arrested an 18-year-old suspect in connection with an alleged stolen vehicle crash that killed a 47-year-old man last week.

Police describe the suspect arrested as a chronic car thief, a level four offender.

At the time of the fatal crash, he was under strict conditions and was subject to curfew checks, although he did not have an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet.

Police say sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Dec. 11 a Hummer was stolen from a parking lot in the 1800 block of Wellington Avenue.

A few hours later the Hummer was travelling westbound on Alfred Avenue at a high rate of speed when it collided with a car travelling northbound on Andrews Street, say police.

Zdzislaw Andrzejczak, 47, the driver of the car, died from the collision.

Officers say three suspects fled the Hummer after the crash.

On Monday night police arrested the man they say was the driver of the Hummer.  The 18-year-old suspect faces a range of charges, including manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, and theft over $5,000, among other charges for the fatal crash, say police.

Some are questioning if enough is being done to keep level four car thieves from re-offending.

Kelvin Goertzen, the justice critic for the provincial Tories, says more needs to be done.

"This is an individual who everybody would have known was at high risk to re-offend and still we don't have those provisions in place to make sure he was adhering to court orders," says Goertzen.

The province says its program to combat auto theft is working and officials are constantly consulting with police and Crown attorneys on how to make it better.

The family of Zdzislaw Andrzejczak says they are still in deep mourning.

Zdzislaw's son Kamil says he's upset but not surprised the accused is a level four car thief. Kamil says he'll feel better when all the suspects are behind bars.

Police say further arrests are expected in connection with the fatal crash.

Anyone with information about the suspects involved in the incident is asked to contact investigators at 986-6230, or Crime Stoppers at 786-8477.

- with a report from CTV's Stacey Ashley