Arroyo Grande woman arrested after hit-and-run, car chase in Santa Barbara County
A 66-year-old Arroyo Grande woman was taken into custody after leading CHP officers on a pursuit Tuesday afternoon in northern Santa Barbara County.
Alerted at 3 p.m. to a hit-and-run incident in the CHP’s Santa Barbara area near Rancho Dos Pueblos, Buellton-based CHP officers spotted the suspect’s pickup on northbound Highway 101 at Damassa Road in Buellton, the CHP said.
“Officers attempted to conduct an enforcement stop on the vehicle, but the vehicle failed to yield,” CHP Officer John Ortega said in a news release.
The pursuit continued to north of Cat Canyon Road, where Santa Maria-area CHP officers used a spike strip and successfully flattened both front tires on the fleeing vehicle, a 2010 Ford F-150.
The driver, Helen Gant, pulled over on the right shoulder of Highway 101 north of Cat Canyon Road near Los Alamos — about 50 miles north of the hit-and-run site — and was taken into custody without incident about 3:30 p.m., Ortega said.
The pursuit involved speeds of 60 to 65 mph, he said.
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This story was originally published February 10, 2016 at 6:33 PM with the headline "Arroyo Grande woman arrested after hit-and-run, car chase in Santa Barbara County."