The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the female motorist who led Boone County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday morning’s chaotic high-speed pursuit on I-70 in Columbia and near the Midway exit is from Arkansas.
The Highway Patrol’s crash report says the 42-year-old woman’s vehicle became airborne near the I-70 Midway exit and slammed into the side of a tractor trailer. The Patrol’s crash report says the woman, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at Columbia’s University Hospital.
Boone County Sheriff’s Captain Brian Leer tells 939 the Eagle that the vehicle she was driving is somehow connected to a homicide in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Captain Leer says the incident began Thursday morning near I-70 and St. Charles road, when a license plate reader detected a stolen vehicle. He says a deputy pulled the vehicle over and that the female driver told her she has a suspended license. Captain Leer tells 939 the Eagle that the deputy tried to remove her from the vehicle when she took off and the pursuit began. Captain Leer tells 939 the Eagle that the woman threw controlled substances out the window during the pursuit.
The horrific crash tied up traffic on busy eastbound I-70 at the 122-mile marker.
