A driver's attempt to escape a minor accident turned into a path of destruction. After slamming into a stationary vehicle at a red light, the woman didn't pull over. She panicked and sped away, driving the wrong way down a divided highway. But her flight from responsibility came to a violent end when she lost control and plowed head-on into a tree in the median. The impact was so severe that her own smartwatch automatically dialed 911. When officers arrived at the wreckage, they found the driver dazed and smelling of alcohol. But as they tried to assess her injuries, she decided to turn her aggression on the very people trying to save her. Were you in the car? I just Was it just her? I'm actually on a delivery right now, but Oh. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I've met you before. Yeah, you're good, man. Yeah, take it. Did you see it happen or did you just come up >> pulled over and I wanted to make sure she was okay. You okay? She's taking care of. So I'm glad you're here now. Are you injured? No. What happened? I just want to go home. Where you coming from? Do you remember which way you were going? Yeah. Which way? Sam Henry Edward, Sam King Ida. She skidded. And can you run a Kristen Janikowski? She should be in house. So, the tire marks come from the wrong side of the road. She's 5'5. Probably. I was going to say, she's done this before, so All right, I'll start snapping photos. Yeah. Louis to rescue. Is she doing okay? Yeah, she's not injured. Okay. Um Yeah, I guess just take some pictures of the tire marks quick before any cars Yeah. get rid of them. What's your name? Why? Well, you're in a crash. And uh fire department's going to come and check you out, just make sure you're not injured. As long as you're not injured, you don't have to accept any care from them, but since you got airbags deployed, they're probably just going to ask you a couple questions. Are you Are you Kristen? Yeah. Do you got your license on you? Yeah. Any luck with that driver's license? It's Nah, don't worry about it. Hey, what's your current address? Nope. Uh what city? Um Lake Geneva. Stop. I'm sorry, dude. You got car insurance? Yeah. Who's your auto insurance? I Um It's West Bend. Stop calling. West Bend. West Bend. Is that just the name of it? West Bend Insurance? Yeah, West Bend. Uh where were you coming from? Champs. And you said you were going home? Yeah. So, if you don't mind me asking, it looks like your tire marks come from the wrong side of the road. You said you were going this way, right? Yeah. And you're familiar with this area, right? So, what what happened that led you to be on the >> It blew. What does that mean? My tire blew. Your tire blew? My tire blew. >> You sure about that? >> have I don't have winter tires, so it blew. Um and how did that lead you to be >> ma'am. I'll come to you. Yeah, no worries. on the wrong side of the road? It's just my partner. No. What is Just some rubberneckers. Just want to see what's going on. No. No. Um how many drinks did you have at Champs? Zero. >> [snorts] >> Um you going to start being honest with me at at any point? >> No, I had zero drink at Champs because I went to Magpies. How many drinks did you have at Magpies? Just be honest, Kristen. I know you had I know you had a couple. >> you want to arrest me? I know you had a couple. It's okay if you if you only >> zero at Champs. And at Magpies? And What kind of drinks? Listen, if you had just a couple, then that's fine, right? But if you had too many, well, then you got to >> zero at Champs. I got that. >> you if you want to arrest me, arrest me. So. Are you willing to do some field sobriety? Let's go. Yeah. Let's go. Um so, it's kind of cold out. Would you rather do them in a We have a heated garage at the police department just cuz of the ground's all slippery and it's pretty cold outside, so would you be willing to We're going to have to tow the car anyways. Why? Cuz it's not drivable. Your front Your front end's all smashed up. So, are you willing to just come down to the PD and then after we're done, you can find a ride to come pick you up from the PD? Sure. That'll work for you? Sure. All right. Um Um so, here's what I need you to do. Grab everything that you need out of the car. So, purse, phone, keys. Purse, keys, phone. Great. You okay? No. What's wrong? Okay, so none of the tires blew out. Stop. Just toss your cell phone in your purse. Make sure you have the keys. Well, Let's go. She says she's not injured. Is that true, Kristen, are you? Yeah. No, we're good. Okay. Did you give yourself a feel over? Make sure there's no blood anywhere. We're good. You don't want to get seen at all? What? You don't want to get seen at all? >> No. You want me to check you out? >> We're good. You don't want me to do anything? We're good. >> Okay. Well, thanks. So, got everything uh Got your cell phone and your keys? Come on, Kristen, let's get this going. >> [snorts] >> What's your first name again? >> Kristen. Kristen? >> Yeah. Hey, Kristen. What? Calm down for a second, okay? Okay. I want to get you out of the car because you hit the tree pretty hard and there's a lot of damage to your front of your car. I get it. Hold on. Hold on. I get it you don't want to go to the hospital, okay? But, I need to get a what's called a refusal release on you. So, let's get you out. We'll get you in the ambulance. I just got a couple questions and boom, I'll have you sign and we're out of here, okay? And then we'll let you be on your way. Okay? Will you do that for me? Yes or no? Okay. First of all, is this Yeah. I'm going to help you out with the car cuz I don't want you to slip and fall, okay? >> Okay. Okay. Help me to go over here, okay? You got your Here, I'll grab it. Can I grab your phone for you, Kristen? We're going to go to the side door, okay? No. No. No, we're not. No. No, we're not. No. We're going inside. No. Kristen. We're not. Kristen, he just needs you to sign He just needs you to sign something. need you to sign something and then you're in and you're out. >> Not. Kristen. Come on. We can't do this in the middle of the road. >> Yeah. This is He just got to sign something. >> No, we're not. >> It's cold I am not. It's cold outside. You're not going anywhere. The cop will go in there with us. >> We're not. Come on. No. Well, you're not getting out here in the cold. >> All he needs is a signature from you. >> ex-husband. All he needs is All he needs is a signature from you. I don't care about your ex-husband. Sooner we get this done, the sooner we can get on our way. >> get you to sign >> going over there. Why not? Explain to me why not. We're not. Why? You got to let me do my job, okay? >> No. Why not? No. Kristen, it's cold out here. You don't have a jacket on. I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't say you did anything wrong, did I? Did I say you did anything wrong? I just need you to go over there with me. Could have asked you a couple of questions, and then we're out? >> No. Why? You want to go back in your car, then and we'll do it in your car. Is that fine? Yes or no? I want you to get in the back seat. Sit in there, and then we'll do it in your car. Okay. Go back and sit in there. Okay? All right. What's going on? Cuz she hit him. She hit him? Yeah, I have my car over here. I have it all on tape. She hit you, too? Yeah, she came I have it on video. You have the actual video of her running into the smash? We don't have the actual hit, but she was running. She tried to run, so I tried to stop And then she hit the tree. Oh, okay. She went back in the side. So, I don't know what her story is. But, yeah, watch. You can see the impact right here. Is she okay? Yeah, and wait, I figured she was running cuz the tire tracks are so so. She hit Who's car is it? Yours? It was my mom's car, but it she was driving. Okay. Were you just in Who's inside? Me and him. Just you two? Yeah, they just saw it, so they pulled over. Yeah, we had the video. Let's go take a look, then. How bad of How much damage is there? Oh, yeah. We were at the red light, and we saw the impact, so I started recording instantly. I have two more plates that you can attach, which will also be a hit-and-run. The light needs to change. Yeah, cuz as soon as I saw her pull over, I started going, "Oh, yeah, like running." What was all that about over there? So, she actually hit one of those cars over there at the intersection and tried to run. So, she did a hit and run. Okay. Um is there damage to that car? Okay. No injuries though? No injuries. Okay. And we got all of that vehicle and driver info? Yep. And then so is this I did not hit a Oh, careful careful careful. Oh god. I did not hit anything. >> Well, that's not entirely true. I What did I hit? What did I hit? Is it going to be a surprise to you if I tell you that >> What did I hit? Hit a tree. A tree. Do you not remember that? A tree. She's zoning out. A tree. >> Um she's getting there. A tree. All right, don't get in the driver seat though, okay? >> I hit a tree. >> Kristen, don't get in the driver seat. I hit a tree. I hit a tree. A tree. Let's get checked out by EMS here. All right. Um guess what? LET'S JUST GO GO 95. SHE JUST PUSHED YOU. YEAH. We're just going to obstruct you. Thank you. Appreciate that. A tree. Get the right arm now. >> A tree. Kristen Get the out of here. Kristen, don't don't kick. We can fix it when it's cracked. It's secured. Get the out of here. Kristen, relax. You got her right arm yet? NO. GET DON'T DON'T KICK ME. ALL RIGHT, RIGHT ARM'S OUT. GET out of here. Got her left arm here? Yes. >> [laughter] >> Now her right arm's All right, there. That's hers. That's yours. Or hers? Hers, yeah, that's fine. I'm just going to put that up her now. Got all the snow melted up there. All right. Awesome. All right, guys. Do we call out the 695 here? Yeah. I mean, we've got resisting and obstructing. She's currently trying to kick me, so. Go for it. Go for it. Do you want to hold her? JC is probably illegal. We'll put her in our car. Unless you want to put her in the back of your car. Probably your car is going to be better. Probably your car is better. What's that? Probably your Um Do you want to call this fatal or 695? Yeah. Okay. All right. Um where's she going? My car? Uh we're going to go for four-point restraint. Okay. I'd say if you could, try to do a search of her purse. Yeah. All right. I don't know what this is. Hopefully I'll be able to I guess I'll go work on her if you really want. You want to keep her upright? Yeah. All right. Do you want to take her out and use the four? Okay. Do you want to cuff her to the side? Yeah. Are we Would you guys be okay if we do four points? That's fine. Take her out and So We can just go to second cuff on the side and then we can we can put the straps below her to her back. We'll go on the cuff. We'll get inside and we'll do it inside. You want to get this off her? >> Yeah, we're going to have to anyway, so. I'm thinking a little fanny pack type of I was on the phone with Oh, it's got a buckle on it. Okay. I think we've met before, husband, right? Act act yeah. I was going to call her her dad or her can you just go wait in your car? We'll come talk to you in I'm right right behind the fire truck. I'll come talk to you in a hot minute. Who's Richard? I was going to put her purse and phone in my car. You got to uncuff her? And we're going to cuff her around the air or Okay. No, cuff Richard. >> Stop. Stop. He's going to take the handcuff off. Can you Stop. What are you doing? Did you already get crash pictures? Yeah. Yeah, Richard. We'll call Richard in a little bit. Stop. He's freezing. Listen to me. The cuff off. We'll put you in the car. We'll go to the hospital. Period. I don't want to go to We're beyond this right now. You said you would cooperate, didn't you? Yes or no? Okay. Don't argue. Just go with the flow. Got it? Say yes. Okay. >> Say yes. >> Yes. Good. Good. Good. All right. It's Let's cooperate. Let's get you on the bed. Let's get you inside where it's warm. Come on. No. No. No. No. Yep. Just take it two two steps back. There you go. Now you're sitting. I'm Perfect. No. What? Who's the driver? No. Yep. Sit up. No. No. Stop. You said you were going to cooperate, didn't you? Yes or no? It's not like you're cooperating. Want to just sit here and cooperate. Got it? Understand? Yes? Watch her being jerk. Yep. I got them. Once we get inside, Paul, we'll put cuffs on each side. What the What? I know what So, I guess The driver's attempt to fight off officers and kick medical staff ultimately failed. She was restrained to a stretcher and transported to the hospital where a blood draw later revealed a blood alcohol concentration more than three times the legal limit. Once medically cleared, she was booked into the county jail on a litany of charges including operating while intoxicated, hit and run, resisting an officer, disorderly conduct, and driving the wrong way on a divided highway. She remains presumed innocent until proven guilty.