By Eleanor Nash
The Kansas City Star
LAWRENCE, Kan. — A teenage driver allegedly rammed a automotive head-on right into a Lawrence Police Department patrol car Friday, as proven in a video on the company’s Facebook web page.
Lawrence police responded to a name a few battle between a father and son round 11:30 p.m. on Friday.
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The father was allegedly attempting to cease the 17-year-old from huffing butane, in line with the submit.
The teen received in his automotive, then rammed into his father’s truck, officers wrote.
The dashcam video, shared on Facebook, reveals a crimson automotive heading towards the patrol car. Though the patrol car moved to the best, the crimson automotive, allegedly pushed by the teenager, nonetheless hit the entrance left nook.
In the bodycam footage, an officer is heard requesting backup on his radio, “he rammed me with his car, I have him at taser point on the ground.”
The driver was taken to the Lawrence Memorial Hospital earlier than he was booked within the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center, in line with the submit.
He was charged with aggravated battery on a regulation enforcement officer, amongst different counts.
No one else was injured.
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