LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. – A 42-year-old man from Ypsilanti was arrested after a police chase in a stolen car through Livingston County.
It started at about 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 12, on US-23, outside Fenton. According to authorities, police spotted a stolen vehicle traveling in the southbound lanes and began to chase it.
The vehicle exited at Highland Road/M-59 and began driving west toward Howell, evading spike strips at Argentine Road, where it reportedly side-swiped another vehicle, causing damage.
The driver reportedly started heading south on Hughes Road, where it ignored a traffic signal at Golf Club Road and crashed into a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado.
Police footage of the chase and crash can be watched in the video player above.
Both vehicles were disabled and the driver of the stolen vehicle was arrested. Authorities have identified the driver as Jeremy Nelson, a 42-year-old from Ypsilanti.
The driver of the Silverado, a 66-year-old man from Howell, suffered minor injuries and was taken to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor for treatment.
Nelson was arraigned Friday, June 13, on charges of fleeing and eluding and receiving, violating parole and concealing a stolen vehicle. He remains lodged at the Livingston County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
