Teen Charged In Chase & Crash Into Washington Business

April 11, 2023 4:08 am

WASHINGTON — (WPXI) – With just a week until taxes are due, things are hectic at McCarrell’s Tax Service. Now, after a car slammed into the business during a police chase early Saturday morning, there’s an added level of stress. “‘We’ve only got a week to go and then we can fix everything! But for the next seven days, everything’s just up in the air,” said Wallace McCarrell, one of the owners of the business. “[It’s] just a disaster. I mean, we’re right in the middle of income tax season with week to go. We’re booked up solid.” The driver who crashed the car into McCarrell’s business was identified in court documents as 18-year-old Jullian Lassic. According to the criminal complaint obtained by Channel 11, Lassic sped by police on Jefferson Avenue just after midnight, nearly hitting a police cruiser. That led officers to chase after Lassic, who ran multiple red lights and stop signs. Police say Lassic went airborne, crashed into a telephone pole, and then the McCarrell’s building. Because of heavy entrapment, police say Lassic and a passenger in the front seat had to be cut from the vehicle and flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. A passenger in the back seat was taken out of the back window. Investigators have not identified the two passengers in the car. Police said the car belongs to a mom of one of those passengers. Police said in the criminal complaint that mother is currently in jail. Police also said they found two stolen guns in the car. They said none of the three people in the car are legally able to have a gun. They also found open and unopened alcoholic beverages.