MONTESANO, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Patrol says a 12-year-old driver flipped his car over while trying to elude authorities.
The crash happened late Friday night near Montesano. The boy turned off his lights and sped up when an officer tried to pull him over. The car struck a power pole guide wire, continued off the roadway for several hundred feet and then rolled and landed on its roof back in the roadway.
The boy, who is from Aberdeen, suffered minor injuries. His 14-year-old passenger was not hurt.
The 2007 Chevrolet Aveo was totalled. It belonged to the driver’s mother.
The State Patrol has not said how the boy came to be driving the car. Charges could be forthcoming.
