Lexington police are investigating a joyride that turned into a hit and run Saturday morning. Officers say it all centers around a car found in a ditch.
“I was on the side of the house and I heard the squealing of the tires really loud,” said neighbor Jean Gripshover.
Jean Gripshover lives near Fort Sumter Drive and Eastland Parkway, the same place a car ran off the road and flipped upside down.
“As fast as they were going, that’s why I first thought they hit somebody. Then, when I heard the final hit, I knew they were in the creek.”
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Gripshover says she called 9-1-1 and chased after two teenagers running from the now totaled car.
“I tried to stop him and they wouldn’t stop,” she said.
Police on scene say those two teens stole the car early Saturday morning. Officers recovered a bloody shirt left behind near the crime scene.
“Those kids, you could tell were, I mean, the way they took off, you know it was a stolen car,” said Gripshover.
As crews worked into the afternoon to remove the car and find the teens, neighbors asked questions about getting drivers to slow down.
“This is probably the 5th one in the creek, probably in the last 12 years,” said Gripshover.
Because not every crash may have the same outcome as Saturday’s crash.
“Thank God they didn’t hit another car or no one got hurt seriously,” she said.
No one has been arrested. The investigation is ongoing.
