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VIDEO: Sparks fly after 16-year-old driver hits utility pole during police chase

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HUBER HEIGHTS — New video shows when a vehicle hit a utility pole in Huber Heights during a police chase involving a 16-year-old girl last week.

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As previously reported by News Center 7, an officer attempted to stop a black Jeep Grand Cherokee on Feb. 6.

As he tried to catch up, the Jeep went left-of-center and hit two other vehicles at the intersection of Old Troy Pike and Taylorsville Road, according to Huber Heights Police Sgt. Josh Fosnight.

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The video shows the officer tried to pull the jeep over, but the 16-year-old girl took off.

She hit two vehicles and a utility pole and sent sparks flying.

Medics transported her and another passenger to an area hospital.

AES Ohio was called to repair the pole.

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