As far as police car chases go, this is among the most interesting, if not among the most spectacular we've seen. A woman with a baby in a portable car seat lead Texas police on a wild chase, before she crashed her Mercedes SUV and tried to hijack another car to make her escape.
The video was released the other day by the Texas Department of Public Safety, but the chase and subsequent arrest actually took place in June. You can see that in the video at the bottom of the page, starting with minute 4:20.
The woman was wanted on several outstanding warrants and it’s clear from the video that she thought she could just speed her way out of trouble.
The aerial video shows her driving at speeds of up to 100 mph in Bexar County, nearly crashing a couple of times, weaving in and out of traffic. Police deployed spikes to bust her tires, but she kept going for quite the distance even afterward.
At one point, after driving into oncoming traffic and running red lights, she lost control of the car and crashed into a pickup truck. You’d think this would be where she’d call it a day, but no: the woman got out of the car and rushed to the back, to retrieve her baby in the car seat.
Then, baby in hand, she ran into traffic, across lanes, desperately trying to find another way of fleeing. She thought she saw it when she arrived by a car stopped in traffic, so she got in and tried to hijack the vehicle. By that time, troopers had arrived on the scene as well, pulling their cars in front of the other so she couldn’t flee one more time.
Fox News reports that, after the incident, the woman was charged with “evading arrest, possession of controlled substance and endangering a child.” Her identity wasn’t made public, but at least we know the child wasn’t harmed during this insane chase.
The woman was wanted on several outstanding warrants and it’s clear from the video that she thought she could just speed her way out of trouble.
The aerial video shows her driving at speeds of up to 100 mph in Bexar County, nearly crashing a couple of times, weaving in and out of traffic. Police deployed spikes to bust her tires, but she kept going for quite the distance even afterward.
At one point, after driving into oncoming traffic and running red lights, she lost control of the car and crashed into a pickup truck. You’d think this would be where she’d call it a day, but no: the woman got out of the car and rushed to the back, to retrieve her baby in the car seat.
Then, baby in hand, she ran into traffic, across lanes, desperately trying to find another way of fleeing. She thought she saw it when she arrived by a car stopped in traffic, so she got in and tried to hijack the vehicle. By that time, troopers had arrived on the scene as well, pulling their cars in front of the other so she couldn’t flee one more time.
Fox News reports that, after the incident, the woman was charged with “evading arrest, possession of controlled substance and endangering a child.” Her identity wasn’t made public, but at least we know the child wasn’t harmed during this insane chase.