Police overnight received multiple 911 calls about a large Chevy work truck – equipped with a cherry picker -being driven “erratically” around north Seattle.
The truck was stolen by a woman driver about 8:30 p.m. from First Avenue Northeast and Northeast Northgate Way, police say. They attempted to stop it in Wallingford – at North 35th Street and Woodlawn Avenue North. “The suspect failed to yield to the officers and began driving recklessly northbound on Stone Avenue North.”
When officers attempted to stop the car on Aurora Avenue North in Shoreline, the driver turned around and fled back into King County, chased by patrol cars from the King County Sheriff’s Office, the Seattle Police Department and the Washington State Patrol, police said.
The truck eventually crashed into the concrete base of a light pole in a parking lot in the 11700 block of Aurora, according to police, and the driver was arrested and taken to Harborview Medical Center to treat injuries from the crash.
The suspect, a female in her 20s, faces potential charges of Auto Theft, Felony Eluding, Property Damage, and Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Drugs.
KOMO-TV has a photo of the truck. Stolen and prowled vehicles are common in that general stretch of Northgate, home to both a mall and a transit center.
Wow. Felony Eluding. Do you think she’s smart enough to know we’re a 3 strikes state??
It’ll be interesting, if there’s a follow-up, what her motivation was, for stealing this truck. Just a hunch: she was drunk and it just struck her as a “good idea at the moment,” as the saying goes. A judge likely won’t be amused.