During the pursuit in Oregon, police said they spiked the woman’s tires at least seven times, but she kept driving even without tires.
By Kevin Opsahl, Mail Tribune, Medford, Ore.
A 75-year-old woman was arrested early Saturday morning after leading police on a high-speed chase on Interstate 5 fromJosephine County Sheriff’s Office deputies clocked the car traveling at 112 mph on the interstate near Merlin just before midnight Friday. The driver failed to stop when deputies sounded their sirens, and when the woman passed into Jackson County, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office took over the chase.
During the pursuit, police spiked the woman’s tires at least seven times, but she kept going, according to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. The woman drove without tires from Central Point to exit 14 in Ashland. At that point, police used a pursuit intervention technique to stop the vehicle.“Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon did a great job coordinating the multiple agencies leading to a successful and safe resolution of the pursuit,” the post stated.
The Jackson County sheriff’s office identified the woman on Facebook as Elizabeth Katherine Essex, 75, of Ashland.
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