Texas boy in custody after allegedly leading police on 100 mph chase with truck headlights off
By APThursday, March 25, 2010
Texas boy in custody after 100 mph police chase
LA GRANGE, Texas — A 12-year-old Texas boy is accused of leading police on a nighttime interstate chase at speeds topping 100 mph with the truck headlights off.
A judge ruled Wednesday that the boy must stay in juvenile detention during the investigation.
Authorities say the Comal County boy did not have permission to take his father’s pickup Monday night. Officers responded to 911 calls about a vehicle being driven erratically on Interstate 10 with its lights off.
Video from the patrol car’s dashboard camera shows the pickup weaving in and out of traffic in Fayette County. Officers threw down a spiked strip, which the pickup drove over, to end the 14-mile chase.
The video shows the boy exiting the vehicle with his hands raised and saying he was trying to call his mother.
Nobody was hurt.
