Cops: 4 injured as teen flees.

Date: 06/29/2012
Time: Morning
Location: Greenport, New York
Vehicle(s) Involved: Chevy Malibu, Dodge Ram Wagon, Chevy Express

By Dennis Yusko TimesUnion News

"GREENPORT — Four people were hospitalized Friday morning after a 15-year-old runaway from a Columbia County youth facility struck two oncoming vehicles while trying to elude police in a van he acquired, police said.
Troopers in Livingston were still investigating how the teen, who was wanted by the county sheriff's department, obtained keys to a white van that he took for a ride about 11:12 p.m. Thursday. Troopers identified the teen as a runaway from the Berkshire Farms youth facility and said he was taken into custody after a more than five-hour manhunt.
Police did not release his name because of his age.
The incident started, according to State Police, when troopers tried to stop the white van for weaving on Route 23 in Claverack. The driver accelerated through a red light, narrowly missing a vehicle, and onto Route 23B, police said. With police in pursuit for about two miles, they said, the van driver lost control of the vehicle. The van crossed the road's center line, struck two oncoming vehicles and rolled over, State Police said. The 15-year-old fled the scene on foot, suffering only minor abrasions, police said.
Four injured people from the two other vehicles were taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, police said. One of them appeared to have suffered serious injuries, Sgt. Craig Guy said in an interview. He could not provide medical conditions for the victims.
State Police used bloodhounds to locate the 15-year-old after he left the scene of the accident. They were assisted by several area police and fire departments, the county Sheriff's Office and Northern Dutchess Paramedics. Police found the teen in his grandmother's garage, not far from the scene, about 4:45 a.m. Friday, Guy said. The teen was wanted by the sheriff's department on a previous juvenile warrant issued by a county Family Court judge, police said.
Police were investigating if the teenager got the van from an acquaintance, Guy said.
The teen was evaluated at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, Guy said. He was expected to be charged as a juvenile in Family Court, with charges including two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and second-degree unlawfully fleeing a police officer. Alcohol or drugs did not appear to be contributing factors, State Police said."

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