Police Release Dramatic Dash Cam Footage Of High-Speed Chase With 10-Year-Old Who Stole His Mother’s SUV To Visit Her In Detroit
- The child, who has not been identified, can be seen opening the door before the end of the video. He then ran into the woods before being caught
- The unnamed 10-year-old faces counts of illegal driving, fourth-degree fleeing and evading police, and assaulting, obstructing or obstructing police
Police have released dramatic dash cam footage of a high-speed chase involving a 10-year-old boy who stole his mother’s car to visit her in Detroit.
The 31-second clip shows the silver 2017 Buick Encore — driven by the child — meandering from lane to lane at 1:40 p.m. May 27 with its blinkers on.
Hazard lights flashed as the 10-year-old steered the vehicle southbound from his home in Buena Vista Township on Interstate 75 while ignoring police chasing him.
It didn’t take long for the SUV to pull to the side of the road before hitting the guardrail and coming to a stop.
The child, who has not yet been identified, was seen opening the door before the end of the video. He then ran into the woods before being caught.
Hazard lights flashed as the 10-year-old steered the vehicle south on Interstate 75 while ignoring police chasing him
The child crashed into the guard rail and then ran into the woods before being caught by police
The 31-second clip shows the silver 2017 Buick Encore — driven by the child — meandering from lane to lane at 1:40 p.m. May 27 with its blinkers on.
The child, who is less than five feet tall, now faces several counts of unlawfully driving off a motor vehicle, fourth-degree fleeing and evading police, and assaulting, obstructing, or obstructing police
Michigan State Police troopers were told the stolen SUV was speeding down I-75 and they began following it. Buena Vista Township is about a 90 minute drive from Detroit.
While they were responding, they received multiple 911 calls about a child driving recklessly on the same road.
M.S.P. Lt. Kimberly Vetter said the child driver ignored the police car sirens and kept going.
OnStar, which was set up in the SUV, was turned off remotely and the car then came to a stop, where the video ended.
The child, who was staying with relatives, told police he took his mother’s car so he could visit her in Detroit.
Police said the car was stolen from a residence on Hess Avenue in Buena Vista Township.
The child, who is less than five feet tall, now faces several counts of illegally driving off a motor vehicle, fourth-degree fleeing and evading police, and assaulting, resisting, or obstructing police.