We’re learning new details about the October crash where a Jeep slammed into the rock-filled median cage on the city’s main strip — and the people inside ran.

Police records released Monday to InMaricopa show the 2005 Jeep Liberty registered to a minor named Jeremiah Reyes was found perched on the rock barrier — known as a gabion — around 5:45 a.m. Oct. 25 near Cobblestone Farms Drive on John Wayne Parkway. Witnesses told police they saw three males flee immediately after the crash.

Inside the Jeep, officers reported finding live 9mm ammunition, THC vape cartridges and an empty alcohol container. But the driver was gone.

A disoriented teen, identified as Aiden Mendez, was found nearby bleeding from his foot.

According to the report, Mendez said he (in the backseat), fellow juvenile

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