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Posted: 8:31 AM- A 13-year-old girl Wednesday led police in Duchesne County on a chase that reached speeds of 100 mph.
It started around 1:30 p.m. when Roosevelt police Officer Allan Tucker tried to stop a white 1992 Oldsmobile for going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to police Chief Rick Harrison.
The driver refused to stop and fled through several residential neighborhoods in Roosevelt, he said. "It wasn't real high speeds, maybe 45 to 50. She just wouldn't stop."
But the driver soon turned on to Route 121 and opened up the vehicle to 100 mph, Harrison said, adding that a Duchesne County sheriff's deputy and two other Roosevelt officers joined the pursuit.
The officers boxed in the vehicle and gradually stopped it, but not before the driver rammed a Roosevelt cruiser and the deputy's vehicle, the chief said.
They were surprised when they got their first look at the driver.
"She was 13 - Mom's car without permission or knowledge," Harrison said. "She was sloughing school, and obviously didn't have a drivers license. She was just scared, no drugs or alcohol were involved."
The girl was taken to Split Mountain Youth Detention Center and faces charges of evading, reckless driving and joyriding.