He is a Quincy kid, according to the story. He stole the car in Charlestown, and crashed it in Dorchester. How does a 13 year old get from one side of the city to another while drunk and no one notices?

A Quincy teen was arraigned in Dorchester this afternoon on charges that he was legally drunk when he drove a stolen Ford 500 without its headlights early this morning, then fled the State Trooper who attempted to pull him over and ultimately crashed the vehicle into a Neponset Circle streetlight, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley announced.

He's charged with operating under the influence, operating a motor vehicle to endanger, leaving the scene of an accident causing property damage, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, failure to stop for police, and resisting arrest.

Evidence suggests that the youth was driving the white Ford – which had been stolen from a Charlestown parking lot – into Quincy on the Neponset Bridge when a Massachusetts State Police trooper observed that its lights were not on. The trooper began to follow the car, further observing it to strike the curb on the left side of the road twice and cut across two lanes of traffic as it pulled onto Hancock Street in Quincy.

The trooper activated his lights and siren and initiated a motor vehicle stop. The Ford pulled over briefly and, as the trooper exited his cruiser to approach it, accelerated away from the scene at a high rate of speed. The trooper began pursuit of the vehicle, following it as it ran through a red light and turned back toward Boston.

The Ford travelled at a very high rate of speed over the Neponset Bridge. At the foot of the bridge, the operator – later identified as the defendant – apparently lost control during a right turn and crashed into a street light pole, knocking it over and driving it about 20 feet from its original position.

The kid was then taken to Carney Hospital for treatment of minor facial injuries. He pleaded not delinquent this morning. Bail was set at $20,000.