13-year-old girl leads Nebraska troopers on 100-mph-car chase with 11-year-old boy in the passenger seat

A 13-year-old lady led state troopers on a high-speed automobile chase via central Nebraska on Monday evening, at occasions topping 100 mph throughout a pursuit that lasted roughly quarter-hour, authorities stated. 

The driving force, a woman from Colorado, was ultimately taken into protecting custody together with the automobile’s solely passenger, an 11-year-old boy, based on the Nebraska State Patrol. Troopers responded to the incident with assist from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Workplace and Shelton Police Division, the company stated in a information launch issued after each kids have been efficiently stopped whereas touring down an interstate freeway.

The chase occurred after round 9:30 p.m. native time on Monday, when a Nebraska trooper noticed a Nissan Pathfinder driving east on I-80 at about 35 miles per hour, state patrol stated. The trooper tried to provoke a site visitors cease close to the south-central metropolis of Kearney earlier than the Pathfinder allegedly sped up and fled.

“The automobile reached speeds exceeding 100 miles per hour because it fled eastbound on I-80,” Nebraska State Patrol wrote. “One other trooper was in a position to efficiently deploy cease sticks at mile marker 288 to gradual the automobile. The suspect automobile then exited I-80 on the Shelton interchange and started touring northbound at slower speeds.”

One other trooper was in the end in a position to carry out a tactical maneuver that pressured the Pathfinder to cease, and proceeded to take each the younger lady and boy into protecting custody “with out additional incident,” state patrol stated. Troopers then discovered a firearm, a small quantity of marijuana and drug paraphernalia contained in the automobile, based on the company.

Interstate 80 runs horizontally via central Nebraska, beginning simply over the state’s western border in Wyoming and working east to Omaha. At one juncture it dips south close to the northeastern nook of Colorado and briefly intersects with one other interstate freeway that begins there. 

Based on the Nebraska Division of Motor Autos, potential drivers are usually not eligible to use for a learner’s allow till not less than 60 days earlier than they flip 15, and learner’s allow holders can’t get behind the wheel and not using a licensed driver who’s not less than 21 years previous. Comparable guidelines apply in Colorado, the place youngsters can acquire a allow at about 15 years previous and should be accompanied by a licensed driver who’s not less than 21 for one yr earlier than turning into eligible for a license.