The 12-year-old boy sets out on a daring road trip in the car he stole from his grandfather as he covers 160 miles before the police catch up with him

A 12-year-old boy traveled almost 160 miles on a daring road trip in his grandfather’s stolen car before police tracked him down.

The 12-year-old is said to have stolen a car the day before Thanksgiving.

Police in Issaquah, near Seattle, alerted the Grant County Sheriff’s Office about the missing Volkswagen hatchback, which was not stopped until hours later when the boy was finally arrested in Grant County, Washington.

“When a 12-year-old takes a vehicle and gets this far, we’re glad we were able to stop him before he hurt himself or someone else,” Kyle Foreman, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, told USA Today.

The boy is believed to have ties to Moses Lake and is headed there.

To make the trip, he had to navigate Interstate 90, cross Snoqualmie Pass at an elevation of 3,000 feet and deal with near-freezing temperatures, not to mention heavy traffic before Thanksgiving.

The National Weather Service had reported snow accumulation in the area, which only added to the danger of the route the young driver was taking.

Officers located the vehicle just after 10 a.m. parked on Lowry Street in the Larson Community, a residential area near the former Larson Air Force Base.

A schoolboy led police in Washington state on a dangerous chase that spanned nearly 160 miles before he was finally taken into custody. Pictures, Interstate 90 through Snoqualmie Pass (Washington). The central mountain is Snoqualmie Peak.

As officers approached, the boy sped away, leading police on a short but exciting chase through residential streets.

The chase ended near Randolph Road and State Route 17, in a more open area near the Grant County Airport, when officers performed a PIT maneuver and brought the vehicle to a safe stop.

The PIT maneuver is a police tactic in which a pursuing police vehicle intentionally causes a fleeing car to spin and safely stop.

“The area has winding roads, so the boy wasn’t coming particularly quickly,” Foreman explained. “Once the road was opened, officers acted quickly to avert any further danger.”

The boy was uninjured during the maneuver and was taken into custody without incident.

He was booked into the Chelan County Juvenile Justice Center on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle and felony evading.

“It is remarkable that this situation did not end in tragedy.” “The quick response of law enforcement ensured the safety of the boy and the community,” Foreman said.