A man was seriously injured early Tuesday during a wild car chase through south Minneapolis that changed to a foot chase when the fleeing vehicle slammed into a house.
Sgt. William Palmer said the chase began at 12:50 a.m., when officers tried to stop a GMC Yukon driving without headlights at 26th Street East and 12th Avenue South.
The vehicle was reported stolen, so police tried to pull it over at Lake Street and Chicago Avenue South. The Yukon took off south on Chicago and ran several stop signs before hitting a Subaru Forester driven by a 19-year-old man at 42nd Street and 13th Avenue South.
The Forester flipped, and its driver suffered broken legs, Palmer said. Rescue workers had to extract the driver from the vehicle, and he was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
The Yukon continued until it crashed into a house at 4204 13th Ave. S., damaging the home's gas meter and foundation, Palmer said. Two of the car's four occupants, including the driver, fled on foot, Palmer said. Officers released a K-9, which caught an 18-year-old woman suspected of being the fleeing passenger. She was taken to HCMC for a bite wound to the leg.
Nearly two hours later, a 19-year-old man suspected of being the vehicle's driver was found inside a nearby yard with a high privacy fence, Palmer said. He was arrested on suspicion of felony criminal vehicular injury and fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
He also was evaluated for drunken driving. The results are expected to come back in several weeks, Palmer said. The vehicle's other three occupants were ticketed for tampering with a motor vehicle or joyriding, Palmer said.
The suspect was held without bail pending charges. No one in the house was hurt, Palmer said.
Sgt. William Palmer said the chase began at 12:50 a.m., when officers tried to stop a GMC Yukon driving without headlights at 26th Street East and 12th Avenue South.
The vehicle was reported stolen, so police tried to pull it over at Lake Street and Chicago Avenue South. The Yukon took off south on Chicago and ran several stop signs before hitting a Subaru Forester driven by a 19-year-old man at 42nd Street and 13th Avenue South.
The Forester flipped, and its driver suffered broken legs, Palmer said. Rescue workers had to extract the driver from the vehicle, and he was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
The Yukon continued until it crashed into a house at 4204 13th Ave. S., damaging the home's gas meter and foundation, Palmer said. Two of the car's four occupants, including the driver, fled on foot, Palmer said. Officers released a K-9, which caught an 18-year-old woman suspected of being the fleeing passenger. She was taken to HCMC for a bite wound to the leg.
Nearly two hours later, a 19-year-old man suspected of being the vehicle's driver was found inside a nearby yard with a high privacy fence, Palmer said. He was arrested on suspicion of felony criminal vehicular injury and fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
He also was evaluated for drunken driving. The results are expected to come back in several weeks, Palmer said. The vehicle's other three occupants were ticketed for tampering with a motor vehicle or joyriding, Palmer said.
The suspect was held without bail pending charges. No one in the house was hurt, Palmer said.
ABBY SIMONS Star Tribune
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