A Farmington Hills man lost control of his car, fishtailed, struck a curb, went into the median and drove on a flat tire while trying to flee police in a car he had just purchased and didn’t yet know how to drive, authorities said.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. A man was saved from drowning by deputies after fleeing from them in Macomb County. Macomb County Sheriff, Anthony Wickersham, says it all started during an undercover drug operation. Our sheriffs enforcement team was looking at a house that was selling narcotics in the city. The suspect realized he could not swim and nearly drowned. The 60-year-old suspect who already had a warrant was arrested after being pulled from the water and taken to the hospital.