A 17-year-old teenager who stole a truck tried to shake off the police before leaving the road in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montérégie, Wednesday morning.
The truck belongs to a construction company, whose owner was awakened by the sound of the engine started by the thief.
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The police officers of the MRC des Maskoutains, notified around 4 a.m. of a theft of a pick-up, quickly located the truck on Chemin de la Petite-Caroline, in Rougemont.
A police pursuit was triggered when the suspect refused to stop when the police tried to intercept him, said Catherine Bernard of the Sûreté du Québec.
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The police then installed a carpet with nails on Route 227, near Benoît Road, which the driver of the pickup tried to avoid to end up in a ditch, according to the SQ.
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The suspect who tried to continue his escape on foot was immediately arrested before being released to appear in court soon, it was added.
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