Bridge railing broken through Young driver flees from police and ends up in a stream

An 18-year-old young driver drove his car into a stream in Bassersdorf on Sunday. He was on the run from the police. The police were able to arrest his passenger at the scene of the accident, and a little later also the driver.

He is Serbian, as the Zurich cantonal police announced on Sunday. According to initial findings by the police, he only has a learner's license.

The man fled when he noticed that a police car was following him in the center of Bassersdorf. He drove towards the train station at a massively excessive speed. The police followed the fugitive with their warning signals switched on.

Blood and urine samples ordered

Shortly before the left-hand bend at the station, the fleeing vehicle turned abruptly right into the Auenring, which another motorist was about to leave. The getaway vehicle broke through a bridge railing and came to a standstill in the Auenbach.

The arrested men were taken to a police station for questioning. The public prosecutor's office ordered a blood and urine sample to be taken from the driver. The co-driver is a 21-year-old Swiss national.

SDA