By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Early Tuesday morning, a 13-year-old child from Assaria drove a Chevrolet Aveo to Salina, where he crashed into some of Atwood Home and Ranch's property on Broadway Boulevard and South Street.
According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, a deputy patrolling the 200 block of Broadway Boulevard at 4:39 a.m. witnessed the Aveo reaching speeds of 59 mph in the southbound lanes.
When the deputy attempted to stop the Aveo, the driver tried to turn west on South Street at high speeds and jumped the curb into the front lot of Atwoods.
"He hit a telephone pole junction box, an Atwoods hiring sign and a dog crate," said Saline County Sheriff Rodger Soldan. "The driver tried to correct the vehicle, but he overcorrected and spun out in the parking lot — when it came to a stop, the driver got out of the car and took off running."
Soldan said deputies later found the driver, with help from Salina Police Department officers, a 13-year-old boy from Assaria.
"Turned out to be a 13-year-old kid from rural Assaria that had taken his parents' vehicle without permission," Soldan said.
The child also had a pack of cigarettes with him when deputies and officers found him. Soldan said deputies took him to juvenile intake at the Saline County Sheriff's Office.
Requested charges for the child include — flee and elude, interference with law enforcement officers, driving without a license and minor in possession.