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Semi collides with stolen car in police chase, 4 teens arrested

Traffic cams show semi-truck driver helping police in pursuit
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MINNNEAPOLIS – Four teenage boys are in custody after a police chase in Minneapolis involving a stolen car ended with the help of a semi.

Police say a stolen vehicle that had been carjacked, and was "used in other robberies," was spotted by officers just before 1 p.m. Thursday near Van White Memorial Boulevard and Olson Memorial Highway.

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The chase continued for about four miles north, when the vehicle became pinned into parked cars by a semi driver. The four passengers in the stolen vehicle were then seen on MnDOT traffic cameras running from police into the yard of a nearby business.

Officers arrested the four teenage suspects, and police say "at least one gun was recovered from the vehicle."

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