Car Stolen: Teenagers Engaged in a Chase with Vienna Police
The chase ended at Hohen Warte. According to police spokeswoman Julia Schick, it was revealed during the pursuit that the car owner had forgotten to lock the vehicle and had left both the car and spare keys inside.
Officers from the Brigittenau city police command noticed the car on Leystraße around 5:00 AM because it was driving with its hazard lights on. They looked at the occupants and found them to appear so young that they wanted to stop the car on Adalbert-Stifter-Straße. However, the driver hit the gas pedal and sped away. With sometimes significantly excessive speed and through at least one intersection on red, they headed to Döbling until reaching Hohen Warte.
There, the 15-year-old driver collided with a house wall, bringing the car to a halt. The 15-year-old and his 14-year-old companion fled a few meters on foot but were apprehended shortly after. They admitted to the officers that they had found the car unlocked in Brigittenau. The police found a small amount of narcotics - a white powder - on the older boy. Both were temporarily arrested.
Car owner was at the police in Vienna
At the same time, the 50-year-old owner of the car was at the police station on Vorgartenstraße. He stated that he had parked the car near a venue in Brigittenau and had forgotten to lock it. When he returned to the parking spot, his car was gone. It was the car that the two boys - both Austrian citizens - had stolen. The duo was reported multiple times.
(APA/Red)
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