Royal Oak Chase Ends with Crash, Arrest

A car chase through a Royal Oak subdivision ended with a vehicle losing control.

Royal Oak police say an uninsured driver was arrested after sprinting from the scene of an accident in the Northwood Subdivision in Royal Oak on Saturday at 11:35 a.m. and two others, including a pregnant woman, were ticketed for obstructing police.

The chase began when a man slightly rear-ended another vehicle near Elmhurst and Webster and then fled the scene.

A woman who was driving the struck vehicle followed the man through the neighborhood until the run-away driver lost control of his vehicle and went across a lawn at Linwood and Woodland and crashed into a small tree, according to Royal Oak Police.

The at-fault driver told police he ran because he did not have insurance and was scared. He was arrested for failing to stop and identify at the scene of an accident.

The woman driver of the struck vehicle told police she was pregnant and was transported to Beaumont Hospital, according to police. 

The woman and her passenger lied about their real names due to warrants for their arrests, according to police. Both were issued tickets for obstructing police.