A police chase in Worcester, Massachusetts took an unusual turn when the woman at the center of it reportedly stopped at a McDonald’s drive thru, where she was taken into custody.
According to the Worcester Police Department, officers were alerted around 9 a.m. on Tuesday that a restoration company’s pickup truck had been taken. The truck’s GPS helped officers find it, and they pulled it over with a woman named Johanna, age 38, behind the wheel. Police say she drove off as officers tried to conduct the stop.
Police said she drove into traffic, sped up on Main Street and ran several red lights. The officer following her turned off the siren and lights and stopped following because of safety concerns. Police say she then drove into oncoming traffic and hit a van. When officers moved in again, police say she put the truck in reverse, hit an officer and briefly dragged them. The officer suffered injuries that were not life threatening.
Police say the chase ended at a McDonald’s drive thru, where officers tried again to stop her and she hit a cruiser before the truck went off the road and became stuck in mulch.
Authorities said she was charged with operating to endanger, leaving the scene of an accident with personal injury, failure to stop for police, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and use of a motor vehicle without authority. Charges are allegations, and she had not publicly responded at the time of this report.
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