Yesterday we went into Livingston to get some groceries and pick up our mail. We stopped at Lowes to pick up a couple of items that I needed to incorporate some of the ideas that I learned from the RV tech during one of the Octoberfest seminars. As we approached the traffic light we saw and heard numerous police cars. The traffic light was red so as we sat there we could see up on the left, at the next intersection up the road, that there were several police cars attempting to block the road. Our traffic light turned green so as we crept out into our lane, we could hear another approaching siren. Approaching the intersection, from the right, was another police car so we stopped at the edge of the lane. About that time we saw all the police cars, that had been part of the barricade, break loose and start towards us....in hot pursuit of a white car. No, it wasn't a Bronco....more like a Buick or Chevy. The car came up the right side of the road, against opposing traffic, and veered out around us on our left. As the car went by us, I looked down into the car and saw a young woman gripping the steering wheel and driving intently.
As we learned in today's local newspaper, the driver was a 17 year old woman named Leticia Ortega. She was finally caught after a lengthy chase through downtown Livingston, with speeds at times approaching 95 miles an hour...She said that she fled the police because she did not have a drivers license and didn't want to go to jail. HELLO....what did she think that driving at a high rate of speed up the wrong side of the road was gonna get her?...She was apprehended when the officer used a "tactical vehicle intervention maneuver"...in other words he pulled in front of her and rammed her. Who would have thought that a trip to Wally world could be so exciting?
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