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Teen claims that grandma is at hospital after police chase

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By Marc Katz, Staff Writer Updated 9:49 PM Monday, September 6, 2010

ENGLEWOOD (July 21): It took two police departments to stop a teenage motorist who originally was going to be pulled over for speeding just after midnight but wouldn’t stop, eventually pulling away from an Englewood officer who was traveling 120 mph.

As the chase headed into Union, the motorist turned off his head and tail lights, but Union officers helped stop him. The motorist said he had to get to his grandmother, who was having a heart attack. The officer called the motorist’s brother, who said the grandmother had been admitted to the hospital, although the hospital was in the opposite direction of where the motorist was heading.

Then the officer called the hospital and found out the grandmother had been admitted a few days before, and released.

Police said the motorist appeared to have been drinking, although he told the officer he had not.

There were three younger teenagers in the car with him and two of them were released. The third was not since he lied about who he was and the police could not identify either his name or age. He did come up with a name, but it already belonged to someone else, whose mother eventually identified the youngster, who was booked as a missing juvenile.

The driver was booked for OVI, speed, lights, a misdemeanor summons for child endangering and failure to comply.

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