15-Year-Old Corvette Thief Crashes After 70-Mile Police Chase: Video

A 15-year-old alleged car thief was taken into custody in Southern California earlier this month after leading police on a 70-mile police chase in a stolen Chevy Corvette. The chase came to an end after the driver crashed the sports car in the city of El Monte. A 19-year-old passenger was also arrested.

According to a report from Fox 11, the high-speed pursuit began around 10 p.m. local time on Friday, October 11^th, in the city of Hesperia. Police state that officers attempted a traffic stop, but the driver failed to pull over, instead engaging in a high-speed pursuit. The chase continued for roughly 70 miles and spanned two counties before the driver crashed the Corvette into a fence in the city of El Monte.

Video from the scene shows the black C6-generation Corvette on a sidewalk with the front end of the vehicle crumpled. Damage is seen on the front bumper, front wheel, and front tire, while the rear tire is deflated as well. The video also shows the two suspects led away in handcuffs. To note, the sixth-generation C6 Vette was produced between the 2005 and 2013 model year.

Interestingly, this isn’t the only case of Vette theft making headlines recently. Earlier this month, a rare 2019 Corvette ZR1 was found stripped and abandoned on a gravel road in Ontario. The C7 ZR1 was one of only a handful of seventh-generation ZR1 Convertibles in the Canadian market, and was reported stolen from a collector in August before it was found as a stripped shell devoid of its engine, body panels, and interior. Locals report that the gravel road is a common location to find dumped items, and occasionally, a car ends up there as well. However, finding a C7 ZR1 is particularly noteworthy given its rarity. At launch, the C7 ZR1 was the fastest and most powerful production Vette ever produced, cradling the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT5 gasoline engine, rated at 755 horsepower and 715 pound-feet of torque.