{"id":83949,"date":"2023-11-28T09:35:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/police-in-michigan-chase-child-driving-stolen-forklift-truck-as-it-hits-10-cars-us-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T09:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:35:26","slug":"police-in-michigan-chase-child-driving-stolen-forklift-truck-as-it-hits-10-cars-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/police-in-michigan-chase-child-driving-stolen-forklift-truck-as-it-hits-10-cars-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News<\/h2>\n<p>Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/23\/11\/70x70\/skynews-police-fork-lift_6374749.jpg?20231127205726\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>A 12-year-old boy driving a stolen forklift truck led police in the US on an hour-long chase &#8211; and hit about 10 parked cars during the pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>The truck, equipped with a forklift and weighing up to 35,000 pounds, was stolen from outside a middle school in Ann Arbor, <strong>Michigan<\/strong>, using a key found in the cab, the city&#8217;s police department said.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the school around 6.45pm on Saturday and later found the boy driving down a street without the truck&#8217;s headlights on.<\/p>\n<p>With emergency lights and sirens on, officers pursued the vehicle at 15 to 20 mph, the Ann Arbor Police Department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was a very dangerous situation that could&#8217;ve easily ended with serious injuries,&#8221; the force added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The incident remains an active and ongoing criminal investigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In footage released by police of the pursuit, an officer can be heard urging the boy to &#8220;pull over now!&#8221; and saying &#8220;he&#8217;s lowering the hooks&#8221;, as well as warning a colleague not to go in front of the forklift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<br \/>Grace Dent &#8216;heart is broken&#8217; after leaving I&#8217;m A Celebrity jungle<br \/>UK considers ways to block export of Elgin Marbles<br \/>&#8216;Most dangerous&#8217; asteroid in solar system to be examined<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nobody was injured in the incident, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers stopped the pursuit about 7.20pm.<\/p>\n<p>The Washtenaw County Sheriff&#8217;s Office picked up the pursuit until just before 8pm when the child stopped driving.<\/p>\n<p>The boy, whose identity was not released because he is a minor, was taken into custody Saturday night and put in a juvenile detention centre.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/police-in-michigan-chase-child-driving-stolen-forklift-truck-as-it-hits-10-cars-13017904\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lenkaed.com\" title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News\" href=\"\/\">Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News Police in Michigan chase child driving stolen forklift truck as it hits 10 cars | US News A 12-year-old boy driving a stolen forklift truck led police in the US on an hour-long chase &#8211; 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