MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – A teenage driver that attempted to flee police and crashed into a tree has been arrested.
The pursuit between police and the 17-year-old driver began just after 11:30 PM Wednesday night following a traffic stop on S. 21st Street in Manitowoc.
The car refused to pull over and after hitting a tree the engine compartment started on fire.
The driver and the two passengers were helped out of the burning vehicle by officers.
The driver, Demetrius Jamal Selman of Milwaukee, was arrested but not formally charged.
A felony charge of fleeing and causing bodily harm, recklessly endangering safety and unreasonable and imprudent speed have been recommended by deputies against Selman.
Both passengers, a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old woman of Manitowoc were not arrested.
