Boy, 10, leads Cleveland police on a 45-mile car chase at 100MPH then spits at officers as he is dragged out of the car and arrested

The 10-year-old boy who stole a car belonging to his mother's boyfriend before school and led police and state troopers on a 45-mile high-speed chase that topped 100 mph was blocked in by troopers after he drove into a ditch to avoid spike strips.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol dash camera video of the chase and the boy's arrest shows the boy driving on the opposite side of a metal barrier on the side of the Ohio Turnpike in Milan, successfully avoiding the spike strips and delaying the trailing police cruisers.

But the troopers caught up and boxed him in, and one cruiser struck the back driver's side of the car, causing him to turn sharply toward the highway, where he hit another cruiser, ending the wild chase.

Troopers pulled the boy out of the car through the window. He kicked at the troopers and spit on them off camera, according to state patrol Lt. Richard Reeder said.

The boy was led to the back of one of the cruisers in handcuffs. His face showed no emotion.

The incident started about 8:30 a.m. when the boy was waiting for his sister to take him to school, Cleveland police said.

The boy's mother's boyfriend called police and said the preteen took his car while waiting for his sister was in the shower.

The boy's mother jumped in her car and followed him. She called 911 and told dispatchers she was following her son as he drove on West 117th Street, then on Interstate 90 westbound.

The state patrol picked up the chase when the boy entered I-80. At one point, a trooper pulled up next to the boy and motioned for him to stop. The boy shook his head and sped up, Reeder said.

"Oh my f-----g god," the woman says. "My son's going to kill himself before you guys get here."  

She chased her son, who drove about 96 miles per hour, on I-90 through Cuyahoga, Lake and Erie counties, police and state troopers said. Stunned drivers called Westlake police and reported seeing the young boy speeding and his mother tailing him. 

The state patrol picked up the chase when the boy entered I-80. At one point, a trooper pulled up next to the boy and motioned for him to stop. The boy shook his head and sped up, Reeder said.

The chase ended at 9:49 a.m., about one hour after he took off. 

No one was injured in the incident and no other cars were damaged during the chase.

His mother arrived at the scene shortly after the crash. 

"Why did you do this when I kept trying to get you to stop?" his mother asks. "You could have got killed."

It was the second time he took a family member's car for a joyride in two weeks.

Other motorists spotted him Oct. 16 on Interstate 90 near West 117th Street after taking his mother's car. The boy stopped the car because it had three flat tires, according to police.

The boy told the officers he took his mother's car because he was bored, police said.