Sheriff: DUI Suspect Tailgated Deputy On I-80, Led High-Speed Chase In The Rain

APPLEGATE (CBS13) — A DUI fishy has been arrested aft she tailgated a lawman on Interstate 80, past led a high-speed pursuit successful the rain.

The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says, backmost connected Oct. 24 astir midnight, a lawman noticed idiosyncratic tailgating him adjacent the Heather Glen overpass on westbound I-80. The lawman reported that the car continued tailgating him adjacent arsenic helium changed lanes.

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This prompted the lawman to get down the suspect’s conveyance to effort and propulsion them over. However, the lawman says the operator wouldn’t stop.

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Eventually, aft hitting speeds of 90 mph successful the rainfall and allegedly driving without their headlights on, the fishy crashed into the halfway divider.

Deputies accidental the operator got retired and tried to run, but she was yet recovered connected an embankment nearby. She appeared to person been nether the power of alcohol.

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The fishy has since been identified arsenic 40-year-old Sacramento nonmigratory Elizabeth Boxall. She’s facing charges of felony evading, resisting arrest, and DUI.

CBS13 Staff