Crashed into a pub garden

Teen (14) flees from father and police in car

The boy is said to have stolen the car first and then crashed into the fence of the pub.(Bild: Martin A. Jöchl)

The 14-year-old son of a Viennese apparently had a mischievous streak in his neck on Wednesday morning. The boy raced into a pub garden in Donaustadt in a car that had probably been stolen - then he committed a hit-and-run. His own father is said to have taken up the chase. Now the youngster is facing serious consequences!

The 14-year-old teenager allegedly raced through Vienna early on Wednesday morning in a car that had been reported stolen in Gänserndorf (Lower Austria). Until there was a crash in Donaustadt, where he crashed into a pub garden on Schüttauplatz. But instead of stopping, the boy took flight - pursued by his own father!

According to the Vienna police, his father tried to stop him, but without success. The man then called the police ...

The boy is said to have stolen the car first and then crashed into the fence of the pub garden.(Bild: Martin A. Jöchl)

The chase finally came to an end in Favoriten: In Endlichergasse, the 14-year-old was stopped at a red light near Fischhofgasse. The boy was provisionally arrested by the officers and taken to a detention center.

On a joyride with an acquaintance
The boy has already been questioned by the investigators. He is said to have received the car keys from an acquaintance and got into the car parked in Jägerstraße with him. After the friend had left the car, the 14-year-old continued the journey alone, went to his home address and stayed there for a short while before starting the car again. According to the police, however, the car had been reported stolen during the night. 

The young man hit the fence of a pub in Donaustadt with the stolen car.(Bild: Martin A. Jöchl)

Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident. The boy is now facing not only a reprimand from his own father, but also several administrative criminal charges.