Driver, 14, ran Tacoma patrol cars off road during cross-town chase, police say
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- Tacoma police arrested a 14-year-old after a high-speed crash early Wednesday.
- The boy is suspected of attempted assault, felony eluding and possessing a stolen vehicle.
- The driver of a second vehicle that was allegedly driving recklessly is not in custody.
Two vehicles that were allegedly fleeing police in the early morning Wednesday crashed near the 2500 block of East M Street, where Tacoma Police Department officers took a 14-year-old boy into custody, according to police spokesperson Shelbie Boyd.
Officers encountered two vehicles they believed to be associated with a Seattle Police Department case at 1:57 a.m. in the area of the 8400 block of South Hosmer Street, Boyd wrote in an email to The News Tribune.
“The vehicles were traveling at high speeds, recklessly driving into oncoming traffic, and swerving directly into the lanes of marked Tacoma patrol units—forcing officers to veer off the road to narrowly avoid multiple head-on collisions,” Boyd wrote.
A 14-year-old boy was driving one of the vehicles before it crashed, she said in a phone call. Officers transported him to a local hospital as a precaution before booking him into Remann Hall, according to Boyd’s email. He is suspected of four counts of attempted first-degree assault, felony eluding and possession of a stolen vehicle. Those counts are unrelated to the Seattle Police Department case, she told The News Tribune.
The driver of the other vehicle is not in custody, and that person’s age and gender are unavailable, according to Boyd.
