BOSTON — A woman dragged a police officer and slammed into several cars while fleeing a traffic stop, prompting a nearly two-mile chase through the streets of Boston on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
The woman, whose name hasn’t yet been released, is under police guard at a city hospital Wednesday morning after she was arrested in connection with a destructive pursuit that started in downtown Boston and ended in the South End.
Boston police said officers attempted to pull the woman over for possible automotive violations in the area of 120 Tremont Street near the Park Street T stop, but she allegedly took off, dragging a female officer.
According to police, the driver then struck several cars in the area of Tremont and Hamilton streets and Tremont and Stuart streets, in addition to barreling over a walk signal pole at Shawmut and Herald streets.
The woman, whose tires were worn away to the rims, was forced to stop her mangled vehicle at Albany and Plympton streets, where she was taken into custody and transported to the hospital for treatment.
Joshua Paul, the owner of Ready Fitt gym, witnessed the moment the woman was handcuffed.
“The cop was like, ‘She started downtown,’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what, and you’re stopping them here?’” Paul said. “She could’ve killed somebody, somebody on a bike, somebody walking. I mean, this is a biking, walking city. It would’ve been awful.”
Paul said he heard screaming after the woman was pulled from her SUV, handcuffed, and loaded into an ambulance.
“He was trying to do one of the DUI tests, you know, follow my finger sort of thing,” Paul recalled. “She seemed coherent, but not too coherent, if she’s driving around the city smashing her vehicle into things.”
The woman hasn’t been publicly identified because she hasn’t been formally booked on charges.
Police the officer who was dragged was evaluated at the scene. A second officer was evaluated at the hospital. Neither were hurt.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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