Teen Accused Of Ramming SMC Police Vehicles While Fleeing

An 18-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to fleeing from a traffic stop in Daly City last weekend and then ramming police vehicles and leading authorities on a pursuit into San Francisco, San Mateo County prosecutors said Thursday.

Darrell Wilson entered the not guilty plea Wednesday to reckless evading, assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license for the case that started shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, according to the district attorney's office.

A Daly City police officer attempted a traffic stop of a Nissan Maxima driven by Wilson, who failed to yield to the stop and sped out of sight, prosecutors said.

His car was located on a dead-end street in Colma, where the initial Daly City officer who tried to pull him over was joined by a Colma police officer in their vehicles. As the Daly City officer got out of his car, Wilson allegedly accelerated toward him and struck his vehicle, prosecutors said.

The officer was able to jump out of the way and avoided getting hit by Wilson's car, which also allegedly struck the Colma officer's vehicle multiple times before he fled.

A four-mile pursuit at speeds of more than 100 mph ensued on Interstate Highway 280 and ended in San Francisco when Wilson's vehicle blew out two tires. He then tried to flee on foot but was taken into custody with the help of a police canine, prosecutors said.

According to the district attorney's office, Wilson said he had fled because he didn't have a driver's license and had been told that police will not chase a fleeing vehicle.

Wilson did not waive his right to a speedy preliminary hearing, so will return to court on Jan. 9 for the hearing, which will determine if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial, prosecutors said. He remains in custody on $50,000 bail.

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