A teen was arrested after he crashed a car on Kenmount Road last night. What’s worse, the car did not belong to them. But that’s just the beginning of the story.
Emergency crews responded to the scene, just west of the Kelsey Drive intersection, shortly after 10:00 p.m..
Reports from the scene indicate an eastbound car crossed oncoming lanes of traffic, before going up onto the sidewalk where it continued another thirty metres, tearing the guy wire from a pole and coming to rest with a cracked axle in the westbound lane.
RNC later determined that the 17-year-old driving had been on his cell phone. In addition he was driving without a license and also the vehicle had been stolen.
Crews from Newfoundland Power were called to assess the damage to the pole. The driver was uninjured, but held for court on multiple charges including four breaches.
What was left of the car was impounded.
Pictures and video by Earl Noble