By Bruce Landis
PROVIDENCE -- The police arrested one man after a car chase when they interrupted a drag race early Sunday on Ernest Street.
Lt. Kevin Lanni said the officers stopped one vehicle, but that the other drove off. Officers pursued the car until it ran into traffic on Prairie Avenue. Trying to get away, the car struck a police vehicle, drove onto the sidewalk, hit another vehicle and rolled over.
The driver, Jonathan Nieves, 17, of 34 June St., was charged with drag racing, driving with no license and multiple motor vehicle violations, Lanni said.
Nieves and a passenger, Jesus Velez, 23, of 300 Webster Ave., were taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.