Two underage individuals flee police pursuit in Rovaniemi, Finland

Two underage individuals fled from the police in a car in Rovaniemi, Finland, managing to evade multiple patrols for several hours, according to the Lapland police. The incident began shortly after midnight on Saturday when emergency services received several reports about a car that appeared to have been in a collision in the Rovaniemi area.

Police patrols located the vehicle, but the driver refused to obey the police’s order to stop and attempted to escape. After fleeing by car for some distance, the 15-year-old driver stopped the vehicle and, along with a 14-year-old passenger, continued their escape on foot into the nearby woods.

Following an extensive search that lasted several hours, including the use of a drone and a police dog, authorities successfully apprehended both boys. The driver is now suspected of aggravated endangerment of traffic safety.