WATERVILLE, Maine — A 15-year-old girl is facing multiple charges after police say she led officers on a chase and then crashed a car in Fairfield.
Around 9:30 on Friday night, Fairfield police said in a release that officers were called about a vehicle pursuit in Waterville in which the car was traveling towards Fairfield. At the time, the pursuit was on Drummond Avenue in Waterville, which becomes Savage Street in Fairfield.
Once officers from Fairfield began to respond to the chase, they were told that Waterville police had dropped the pursuit. Moments later, Fairfield police got a call about a car crash on Savage Street in Fairfield.
Police said that when they arrived at the crash scene, officers learn the car involved in the crash was the vehicle that had been pursued by Waterville police.
The officer investigating the crash said the driver was a 15-year-old girl from the Skowhegan area. The officer also reported five parked cars were struck and damaged in the crash.
The girl was transported to the hospital for minor injuries.
Waterville police said Tuesday the girl was charged with operating without a license, failure to stop by the request of an officer, and criminal mischief.