Cambridge teen charged in crash involving stolen vehicle
A Waterloo Regional Police Service cruiser. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener)
A 17-year-old from Cambridge has been charged after witnesses spotted people running away from a vehicle after a crash.
Waterloo Regional Police were told a Dodge Grand Caravan had been stolen from a home in the Sekura Crescent and Munch Avenue area on Sunday around 7:30 a.m.
Later that day, community members called the police after they said they saw some people running away from a vehicle that had crashed into a light pole on Landsdowne Road North near Blenheim Road.
Officers searched the area and found one of the people involved.
They said they found the driver of the vehicle, a 17-year-old boy from Cambridge, around 1:20 p.m.
He has been charged with theft over $5,000, possession of stolen property over $5,000 and dangerous operation of a conveyance.
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