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Teen flees from police, crashes stolen SUV into tree

 INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A teen is in custody Monday morning, after fleeing from police and crashing a stolen SUV into a tree.

According to police, an officer saw a young white male passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle near 30th Street and Keystone Avenue. An officer ran the plates, and the vehicle came back as a possibly stolen vehicle.

Police said when the officer went to knock on the window, it woke up the young man. As soon as he saw the officer, police said he hit the gas and took off eastbound down 30th Street. Officers followed the direction the SUV went and found it wrecked into a tree directly behind IMPD north headquarters.

IMPD said the suspect then fled on foot. He was in custody a little after 8 a.m.

The teen suspect is reported to be okay, but he was transported to Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Hospital because of how serious the crash was.

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