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Car crashes in Revere after attempted traffic stop, police say

Car crashes in Revere after attempted traffic stop, police say
OUT AND TOOK OFF RUNNING. THE ENGINE IN THIS WHITE HONDA KEPT REVVING EVEN AFTER IT CRASHED HEAD ON INTO A UTILITY POLE IN REVERE BE WAYLAND ON MY BLOCK, MAN. IT STARTED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER WHEN REVERE POLICE SAY THEY SPOTTED THE STOLEN CAR AND TRIED TO PULL IT OVER. INSTEAD, IT TOOK OFF AND OFFICERS CHASED AFTER IT, LEFT ON WAVERLY. ALL RIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO DISCONTINUE THAT PURSUIT. NO SOONER HAD POLICE CALLED OFF THE CHASE. THEN THE CAR ROUNDED A CORNER ONTO DANA STREET AND CRASHED INTO THE POLE. I HEARD A SOUND LIKE BOOM! I SAID, WHAT THE HAPPENED? I TAKE A LOOK AT MY WINDOW, SO I SAW A CAR HIT THE POST. THE PASSENGER IN THE HONDA GOT OUT AND IMMEDIATELY FELL ONTO A NEARBY DRIVEWAY. THE DRIVER GOT OUT AND RAN DOWN THE STREET WITH POLICE CHASING ON FOOT. THEY HAVE TO LIKE, LIKE PHYSICALLY KNOCK HIM TO THE GROUND. OH YEAH. YEAH, THEY TACKLED THEM. PUT ME ON FACEBOOK LIVE. THE WOMAN WHO SHOT THIS VIDEO OF THE DRIVER LATER IDENTIFIED AS 29 YEAR OLD WILLIE JENKINS FROM CHELSEA, SAYS SHE ALSO WANTED HIM TO KNOW SOMETHING. SO I WAS VIDEOTAPING HIM AND I TOLD HIM HOW IT WAS DANGEROUS. IT’S SUMMER. THERE’S KIDS AROUND. AND HE SAID B WORD. I HOPE I KILL YOUR KIDS. SO YEAH, HE WAS A, YOU KNOW, UPSTANDING CITIZEN. THE PASSENGER, HE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. POLICE SAID HE DID HAVE NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES A
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Car crashes in Revere after attempted traffic stop, police say
A 29-year-old Massachusetts man is facing several motor vehicle and drug charges after police said they attempted to stop the driver of a motor vehicle that was reported stolen. The crash happened just before noon on Dana Street off North Shore Road in Revere, Massachusetts.Police said they attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled and then crashed a short distance away.The driver, Willie Jenkins, 29, of Chelsea, was arrested and charged with several motor vehicle charges and drug charges, police said. Police said a passenger inside the vehicle, who was not identified, will be summonsed to court for several motor vehicle and drug charges as well. A neighbor told WCVB's David Bienick that police found drugs and a gun inside of the vehicle.

A 29-year-old Massachusetts man is facing several motor vehicle and drug charges after police said they attempted to stop the driver of a motor vehicle that was reported stolen.

The crash happened just before noon on Dana Street off North Shore Road in Revere, Massachusetts.

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Police said they attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver fled and then crashed a short distance away.

The driver, Willie Jenkins, 29, of Chelsea, was arrested and charged with several motor vehicle charges and drug charges, police said.

Police said a passenger inside the vehicle, who was not identified, will be summonsed to court for several motor vehicle and drug charges as well.

A neighbor told WCVB's David Bienick that police found drugs and a gun inside of the vehicle.