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May 18, 2009 6:56 pm US/Central
Calif. Woman Leads Police On 50-Mile Chase
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (CBS) ―
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Annette Hurd was arrested on May 17, 2009, after leading police on a high-speed car chase through California.
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A California woman arrested for leading police on a 50-mile high speed chase from Rio Vista to Sacramento says that she was just trying to get her dog back to her house, reports CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento.
In a jailhouse interview, 47-year-old Annette Hurd told KOVR that her small dog was in her GEO Tracker as she allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident on Highway 12 in Rio Vista, triggering the pursuit.
Police were forced to crash into the fleeing GEO Tracker when Hurd refused to stop, even after the vehicle's tires were destroyed during the pursuit.
The lengthy chase began when Hurd allegedly struck another car on Highway 12 in Rio Vista on Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. Solano County Sheriff's units began to pursue the woman westbound on Highway 12, and at one point she allegedly turned around and drove the wrong way.
The chase eventually moved to northbound Interstate 5 as speeds topped more than 100 miles per hour at times. Hurd managed to avoid several attempts to destroy her tires with spike strips, but couldn't evade strips set up between 43rd Avenue and Sutterville Road in Sacramento.
Even with her tires destroyed, the chase continued, and with the interstate cleared of traffic both in front and behind the pursuit, units ended the chase by performing a PIT-maneuver, using one of the patrol units to strike Hurd's car and spin it out on the road.
Hurd finally surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody on charges of evading police with disregard to public safety, driving with a suspended license, throwing objects from the vehicle while moving, driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, reckless driving, and felony hit and run. She was booked into the Sacramento County Jail, but was later booked into the Solano County Jail where she is being held without bail.
Hurd is being held without bail on charges of evading police with disregard to public safety, driving with a suspended license, throwing objects from the vehicle while moving, driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance, reckless driving, and felony hit and run.
The condition of the dog is not known.
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