Police: Teen in stolen SUV drives into pedestrian in Somerville

State Police report arresting two teens after one of them allegedly drove a stolen Jeep into a man walking under I-93 around 3:30 p.m.

The man remains in serious condition at Mass. General, State Police say.

State Police say Arthur L. Woods IV, 18, of Arlington, was tooling around in the stolen vehicle with Elvira C. Sanchez, 19, of Malden, when a trooper called in the Jeep's license plate, discovered it was stolen from Melrose and called in other troopers and Somerville officers to help stop the vehicle:

As other state and local cruisers began responding to the area, the occupants of the Jeep noticed one of them and sped off.

The trooper who initially spotted the stolen vehicle began following in the direction in which it fled.

While fleeing after spotting the cruisers, the stolen Jeep turned into Lombardi Way, part of the ramp complex between Route 38 and Mystic Avenue, under a Route 93. Preliminary investigation indicates the Jeep went off the road, into the median between the opposite lanes, and struck a male pedestrian who was walking in the median.

The occupants of the Jeep abandoned the vehicle and ran off. Both were apprehended quickly.

Woods faces a variety of motor-vehicle charges, including leaving the scene of a crash causing personal injury, receiving stolen property and possession of a Class A drug with intent to distribute. Sanchez was charged with receiving stolen property and disorderly conduc.