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German police in hot pursuit of go-cart
Saturday Oct 27 06:41 AEST
Seven police cars chased a go-cart at high speed for five kilometres through the winding streets of the western German town of Moenchengladbach but were not able to keep up with the teenage speedster.

"We were chasing him across town, but the squad cars couldn't keep up because the go-cart was able to take the corners faster and he was able to get away," police spokesman Willy Thevissen said on Friday.

Police later discovered the go-cart driver hiding in a garage. The 18-year-old driver admitted he had taken refuge there after seeing the garage door open while fleeing the police.

"He told us he knew driving a go-cart on the street is illegal," the spokesman said. "But he had purchased the vehicle from a friend and said he had no other way of getting it home."

Moenchengladbach is the home of two Formula One races: Nick Heidfeld of BMW/Sauber and former driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

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