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Noorderpark
stolen car
Utrecht
Monday, 13 January 2014 - 04:33

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Police run over boy

A 16-year-old boy was run over by police Sunday morning in the Noorderpark in Utrecht, when he tried to escape.When officers tried to check out a stolen car they had spotted, the car took off. The suspects, two youths, drove the car into the park and tried to flee on foot. In the chase that followed one of the suspects was run over. The suspect got stuck underneath the police car and had to be rescued by the fire department. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance, complaining about pain in his ankle. The other suspect, a 15-year-old was arrested and taken in for questioning.

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