(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stole a bulldozer and led Tucson, Arizona, police on a 15-mile chase was critically wounded Thursday night when officers fired on the tractor as it sped toward them, a police official said.
The unidentified teen was in critical condition after being airlifted to a hospital, according to Tucson Assistant Police Chief Kermit Miller.
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He said the teen drove the construction vehicle up to 30 miles per hour at times with as many as 15 police cruisers chasing him.
After a 15-mile chase, the bulldozer turned around in an eastside Tucson residential area and began driving downhill toward the police cruisers, Miller said. That was when two officers fired shots, with at least one round hitting the teen, Miller said.
It's been a little while since I did any excavation work but in my experience, a normal Caterpillar bulldozer shouldn't even be able to approach 1/2 of that speed without a big hill to descend with a 100+ mph tailwind.
