SMITHFIELD – An 18 year-old driver attempted to elude law enforcement officers trying to stop her, Wednesday evening. It all started when she reportedly sped away from a Trooper on patrol on Interstate 40 in Johnston County.
The teenager eventually pulled over, after being clocked at 99 miles per hour behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger on I-40, but the female motorist drove away from the traffic stop.
The Trooper pursued the young driver westbound on I-40 then onto Cleveland Road, at high speeds down the dark two-lane road into Smithfield.
Authorities said the young driver collided with at three other vehicles along the way, leaving damaged cars but no injuries.
Eventually, she drove out of sight of the two pursuing troopers who were trying to stop her. The chase was called off.
Minutes later the red Dodge Charger was found abandoned in the Dollar General parking lot on West Market Street where it had collided with a parked car. The driver had fled on foot aid disappeared into the darkness.
The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, Smithfield Police, Highway Patrol troopers on foot and in the air, and a K-9 unit searched for the suspect. She was eventually located near the Johnston County Public Schools Facility Services building on NC 210 at West Market Street. She surrendered without further incident.
Evelyn Diaz-Lopez of Angier was taken to the Johnston County Detention Center on numerous charges including felony fleeing to elude arrest, failure to heed light or siren, hit and run, speeding 99 mph in a 70 mph zone, speeding 150 mph in a 70 mph zone, fictitious information to an officer, failure to carry a drivers license. Diaz-Lopez was held under a $200,000 secured bond.
Has she lost her mind. She will not see outside of a jail for a very long time
More of the same everyday. See the trend?