HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – A police chase involving three persons that reached speeds of over 70 MPH spiced the morning commute on Holland’s east side.
According to Holland Public Safety, officers were dispatched to the area of East 16th Street and Country Club Road on a report of a weapon being brandished inside of a pickup truck. One responding officer spotted the vehicle in question going westbound on 32nd Street near US-31 and attempted to pull it over. The truck sped off instead and started going towards the downtown district.
In the vicinity of Hastings Avenue and 24th Street, a 36-year-old Holland woman jumped out of the moving vehicle, telling officers later that she “didn’t want to be part of what was going on.” She suffered bumps and bruises.
The truck eventually crashed upon entering a construction zone on East 14th Street at Central Avenue, and two men jumped out. The driver, an 18-year-old Holland man, was captured a couple of blocks away, but the other passenger eluded officers, and a canine unit’s effort to track him down was unsuccessful. That passenger is described as a white male in his early 20’s with a white shirt, khaki shorts and a red hat.
No other injuries were reported. The driver is being held pending arraignment on what is expected to be various charges.
The case remains under investigation, and anyone with any information is asked to contact Holland Public Safety or Silent Observer.
