Police: 17-year-old passenger airlifted to hospital after driver crashed stolen vehicle

PIERCE TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Three people were taken to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center — one by AirCare — after a driver crashed a stolen vehicle in Pierce Township, according to police.

Police said that shortly after 2 a.m. Thursday morning, a Pierce Township officer got a notification from a Flock camera in the township reporting a stolen vehicle in the area of Nine Mile Road and SR-125.

The officer spotted the vehicle, which was stolen out of Hamilton County, on Nine Mile Road near Davis Road, police said. When the officer activated his lights and attempted a traffic stop, however, the driver sped away, driving erratically, according to police.

The officer did not pursue, because the township's pursuit policy only allows a chase if the suspect is accused of a violent felony;