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8 Awesome Police Chases Involving Stolen Cars
The following 8 awesome police chases involving stolen cars also involve joyriding. Joyriding is the act of taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, accompanied by the intent of temporarily borrowing it. Although joyriding is sometimes done by adults, it’s more commonly done by teens. However, it’s now also being done by children as young as five years old. As you watch the videos, try to imagine yourself being the owner of the stolen vehicle or the parents of the children.
- Stolen dump truck chase unfolds like reality TV show : News videos depict a 17-year-old boy and two other minors leading several police vehicles on a 52-mile chase through three Ohio counties. Even though his two friends bail out, the boy keeps up his rampage. There are several people injured, as well as several vehicles damaged as he flees from the police. Because of his aggressive driving behavior, his age, and the level of damage done, this teen may be tried on several felony charges as an adult.
- Seven-year-old driver on Today: In this video, a 7-year-old boy is chased by Plains City, Utah police. The police are totally unaware that it’s only a young child driving the vehicle. His parents aren’t even aware that the child and car are missing at the time of the chase.
- Police pursue 15-year-old who stole a BMW: In this narrated police cam video, a 15-year-old boy uses a stolen BMW to lead police in Shawnee, Kansas on a chase reaching speeds up to 150 mph. One of the police cruisers crashes into a guard rail during the chase.
- Police chase 10-year-old who then makes national TV: This video, originally shown on World’s Wildest Police Videos, shows Seymour, Texas police officers chasing a stolen Papa Johns delivery vehicle without realizing it was being driven by a 10-year-old boy on a joyride. The chase comes to end when the child loses control of the car while speeding up to avoid the police road block.
- Seven-year-old leads police on 20-mile car chase : This Fox News clip features the story and police cam video of a 7-year-old boy taking Michigan police officers on a 20-mile chase as he attempts to go visit his biological father. His stepfather was at work and his mother, who had worked a night shift, was resting. The boy just couldn’t wait to visit his father.
- Impala SS stolen in Oklahoma: This video shows an Oklahoma City police chase involving a 17-year-old driving a stolen Impala SS. The teen gets the Impala SS up to 140 mph during the chase. It takes several attempts of using stop sticks to end his joyride. The police found out the boy was listed as a missing person in California after the chase ended.
- Nine-year-old leads police on wild ride: This news video offers the tale of a 9-year-old boy who stole his parent’s car so he could run away because he was given an 8 p.m. curfew. The Greenfield police officers thought they were chasing a drunk driver and didn’t know it was a child until the end of the chase.
- Wildest police chase in Dallas: This very exciting video features the escapades of an unemployed trucker who drives a stolen lumber truck through the streets of the Dallas, Texas area as he is being chased by police. During the chase, shots are fired, the lumber catches fire, and the man endangers children on a school bus.