17-year-old Ann Arbor youth facing charges of fleeing and eluding police
A 17-year-old Ann Arbor youth is facing multiple charges after he tried to elude officers early Sunday morning before crashing into a pole by Main and Hill streets, according to University of Michigan police spokeswoman Diane Brown.
At about 4 a.m. Sunday, a police officer noticed the youth driving at a high rate of speed and the headlights were off, Brown said. After the police officer drew closer to the driver, the youth sped up and then crashed his car into a pole for traffic signals after making a turn from Hill onto Main, Brown said.
The youth was by himself and no one else was involved in the crash, Brown said. The youth did not have a driver's license and apparently did not ask for permission in taking the car out, she added.
He was transported to University of Michigan hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and will be held overnight, Brown said. She said the department will submit the case to the prosecutor's office this week and will seek charges of fleeing and eluding as well as never acquiring an operator's license.
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Lokalisierung
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 : 11:47 a.m.
"Failing to acquire a driver's license is a chargeable offence? I'd be surprised," I'd be suprised also. Not having a valid state issued ID might be, but not a DL. Should say operat9ing a vehicle without a DL.
C6
Mon, Aug 16, 2010 : 8:47 a.m.
Failing to acquire a driver's license is a chargeable offence? I'd be surprised, but if true I know someone who has been in violation for at least 50 years. I'm more inclined to believe the one real problem here is operating a vehicle without the proper license. In this case it sounds as if a little instruction would be in order before that's ever going to happen too. But aside from that, where are the charges of speeding, unsafe or careless operation without required lighting, and auto theft? Maybe there were a failure to stop or two in there during all the excitement too. Do we think hitting the pole is going to get this individual's attention well enough, or should we hit him with the book as well? I vote for the book...