Police: Louisiana boy, 11, steals school bus and leads police on chase
BATON ROUGE, La. — An 11-year-old boy stole a school bus Sunday morning and lead Louisiana officers on a chase before crashing into a tree, authorities said.
Baton Rouge Police said the boy was not injured in the crash, news outlets reported.
Police spokesperson Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. said the boy took the bus from the parking lot of the Progress Head Start Center.
McKneely said police started getting phone calls about a juvenile driver around 9:45 a.m.
The boy crashed into three vehicles and lead multiple police officers on a chase before crashing into a tree.
NEW video of kid bus chase https://t.co/emz6LVVgIc pic.twitter.com/3jiIjosrG5
— Bess Casserleigh (@BCasserleigh) October 11, 2020
The young boy was arrested and charged with theft of a vehicle, aggravated flight, three counts of damage to property and one count of aggravated assault. The aggravated assault charge comes from the boy “purposely trying to strike a vehicle,” according to police.
#update Here’s a closer look at the bus. The homeowners said they saw the kid get out of the bus and he looked okay. Still no confirmation on an age, but the homeowners say the child was very small. @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/vg8bCFNnWG
— Sydney Kern (@sydneykern) October 11, 2020
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