Police say a 16-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries this morning as they tried to run from the cops.
"Two missing juveniles were located in Mandeville Wednesday morning (Aug. 7) after they crashed the stolen truck they were driving," St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Meredith Timberlake said in a news release.
It started when deputies responded to a gas station near the intersection of Florida Street and Girod Street in Mandeville shortly before 5:30am.
They were alerted to a vehicle that had been reported stolen Tuesday in Lafourche Parish.
"When deputies approached the green in color Toyota Tundra, the driver and her passenger jumped into the truck and fled, and deputies lost sight of the vehicle."
She says while deputies did not chase the teens, they apparently continued to drive away at a high rate of speed.
"The vehicle was located minutes later near the intersection of Highway 59 and Highway 1088 after it had crashed into a light pole," Timberlake said.
She says the children's families had reported them missing.
"The driver, a 16-year-old female, was reported missing Tuesday out of Lafourche Parish. Her passenger, a 16-year-old male, was reported missing Tuesday out of the Covington area."
Timberlake says that the driver and her passenger were both transported to a local hospital with serious injuries that appear to be non-life threatening .
"Criminal charges are pending and the investigation is ongoing."
