BRPD responds to car theft, vehicle crashes into ditch along Airline Highway

BATON ROUGE — The Baton Rouge Police Department responded to a car theft on Saturday afternoon.

The robbery occurred around 5:50 p.m. when a car was stolen before later crashing into a ditch on Airline Highway.

According to BRPD, the vehicle refused to stop before two people abandoned the vehicle. Both individuals were later arrested.