PHOENIX — A teenage boy and girl have been detained after allegedly backing into a marked police vehicle in a stolen car Saturday afternoon.
Police were notified of a stolen vehicle just before 4 p.m. near 43rd Avenue and Bell Road.
Officials say the stolen car was spotted in a parking lot near 29th Avenue and Thunderbird Road, where the driver reversed into a marked police vehicle and drove away.
Police followed the vehicle until it crashed into a truck near the Interstate 17 and Peoria Avenue underpass.
The driver, a teenage boy, was detained and taken to a hospital as a precaution. The passenger, a teenage girl, was also detained by officers.
Officials say no officers were injured.
The teen boy has been booked into the juvenile corrections center and is facing charges of vehicle theft, aggravated assault on police officers, and felony flight.
The teen girl was also booked on a charge of vehicle theft.
This incident remains under investigation.
