SAN MATEO COUNTY – Authorities have recognized a 16-year-old Newark woman as the motive force of a car that drove off highway and in opposition to oncoming site visitors to flee a San Mateo County Sheriff’s Workplace DUI checkpoint on Could 5.
The incident was reported at 10:30 p.m. within the 700 and 800 blocks of El Camino Actual in San Carlos, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned a Honda Pilot entered the DUI checkpoint, stopped halfway and reversed off highway right into a drainage ditch. The Honda then drove the incorrect means on El Camino Actual. Deputies on the scene tried to cease the car, however the driver saved going.
“As Sheriff, my overriding precedence has all the time been the security of the San Mateo County group. All crime on this county is completely investigated and there are penalties for evading within the method which is seen within the video.” Sheriff Carlos G. Bolanos pic.twitter.com/77ktIg7oPT
— San Mateo County S.O (@SMCSheriff) May 13, 2022
Investigators recognized the Honda and obtained an impound warrant. The Honda was discovered Thursday at a house in Newark and had injury in keeping with having been pushed off highway. It was towed from the residence and will likely be impounded for 30 days.
Deputies additionally contacted the woman and her mother and father. She admitted to driving the Honda throughout the incident, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned the case will likely be despatched to the San Mateo County District Lawyer’s Workplace for overview for expenses, together with resisting and obstructing a peace officer, reckless driving, hit-and-run and different violations of the California car code.
