3 teens held in chase that reached 120 mph
Dayton police shut down southbound lanes of I-75.
Three impaired juveniles— one 14-year-old and two 16-year-olds — are in custody after leading police and state troopers from Butler, Warren and Montgomery counties on a pursuit along Interstate 75 early Tuesday.
One teen was Tased after the multi-jurisdictional pursuit in which a large amount of alcohol and cigarettes was recovered from the stolen vehicle.
Sgt. Dexter Howard with the Ohio State Highway Patrol said a call was received at 12:29 a.m. Tuesday for a possible drunken driver traveling at a high rate of speed on Ohio 63 near I-75 in Monroe.
Howard said a Monroe officer and a state trooper got behind the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop.
The vehicle took off and entered onto northbound I-75, where the state trooper initiated a pursuit. Howard said the vehicle was traveling all over the interstate, with speeds reaching 120 miles per hour.
Dayton police joined the pursuit when it continued on northbound I75 into the city limits, according to Dayton Police Lt. Andrew Gillig. Gillig said the vehicle exited the highway at the West Third Street exit, rolled up on a curb and crashed around 12:50 a.m.
Two passengers inside the vehicle were taken into custody without incident when the vehicle came to a rest. The driver fled on foot from the crashed vehicle, and ran back onto the highway.
Gillig said Dayton police shut down all lanes of southbound I-75 at North Main Street while police searched for the suspect who fled. The highway was closed for about five minutes until police located the suspect and took him into custody around 12:55 a.m.
Gillig said the suspect was hit with a Taser before he was taken into custody.
Investigators said the vehicle was entered as a stolen vehicle from Harrison Twp.
Howard said police and state troopers recovered a large amount of alcohol and cigarettes from the vehicle, but it was unknown where the alcohol and cigarettes came from.
All three suspects were impaired when they were taken into custody, police said.
Investigators did not indicate what charges the juveniles might face or in what jurisdiction they would face those charges.