KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Charges have been authorized against a 17-year-old that police say stole a Kia Soul and injured a Portage firefighter and his son in a February crash.
According to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety (KDPS), the unnamed teenager is facing the following charges:
- Two counts of reckless driving causing serious impairment of a bodily function (felony)
- Two counts of operating while license suspended, revoked, denied causing serious injury (felony)
- One count of Stolen property: receive and conceal motor vehicle (felony)
- Two counts of moving violation causing serious impairment of a bodily function (misdemeanor)
All seven charges stem from a crash involving the teenager, Portage firefighter Jacob Mahoney, 30, and his four-year-old son, Luca.
Mahoney was off duty and was running errands with his son when the crash happened at the intersection of Douglas Avenue and West North Street in Kalamazoo.
Both Mahoney and his son were taken to the hospital…