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An officer was patrolling I-90 in Westlake, Ohio when he noticed a white Ford Fusion drifting across the lanes failing to signal. And when he ran the license plate, dispatch confirmed the registered owner had active warrants and a suspended license. As the officer activated his lights to initiate a traffic stop, the driver didn't pull over and instead accelerated off a high-speed chase. >> She's still on 90 going speeds of 72. She's in the fast lane and she's getting over. Speeds are 40 to 50. Good pit, good pit, good pit. Going for pit now. Go, go, go. Good pit, good pit. Wrong way. It's stuck. Stuck. She's on the wrong way 90 westbound and she's on eastbound. And I'm on the westbound lane. We're going to try to parallel I'm going to try to parallel I'm going to try to parallel. We need air >> [music] >> because she's driving eastbound westbound lane. All right, I'm going to be calling traffic starting at Cahoon. She's going on eastbound westbound lane, is that correct? After the first pit maneuver, the Ford Fusion spun out and instead of stopping, she steered directly into oncoming lanes driving the wrong way on I-90 for several terrifying seconds. The driver was identified as 39-year-old Heather Lynn Simon of Westlake, Ohio, the registered owner of the vehicle and the sole occupant inside. Okay, I'm going to be turning calling traffic west bound lanes, okay? Starting at Crocker or starting cones. On the west side parallel we're getting up there. We're passing Nagel now. 90 East coming up to Crocker Road west bound. What are her speeds? She had may have exited on Nagel. Get a car on Nagel and see if she exited there. We're still traveling and eastbound on 90. Do not veer. 90 East coming up to County Line now. 90 80 you see her? She's in the far left lane but it's still that white Ford here. Is that correct? Correct. It was her driving. Confirmed. Now what are the accidents in Nagel now? Radio you have a tone slow radio advised Nagel Radio get a hold of Nagel. See which way she went and uh driving camera on there see which way she went. She's trying to go back onto Bradley. They were Nagel and were getting on 90. We're still at 43. We're going to check Sheriff here I think I got her heading eastbound on Detroit from there. 52 I got her. She's uh traveling about 60 miles an hour. 51 coming up to you. >> 50 or almost 70 miles an hour. She's coming up to Avon Oaks now. Speeds quickly climbed to nearly 90 miles per hour as the chase tore down I-90, stretching from Westlake into Avon and Rocky River. We're about a mile behind you. Yeah, we're heading on Detroit now. Heading eastbound. Hey, shut up. 50, we are passing Burr Oak and Walden. Starting eastbound on Detroit. Copy. Heavy traffic. No other traffic. Speed 62. Coming up to Crocker Park. Just passing Cedarwood. Speed 74. Yeah, I'll stop there. Block traffic. Stop there. I'm no good for pit, guys. Somebody else got to get in front of her. Northbound Crocker. 50, heading eastbound on I-90. He's continuing on eastbound River. Do we have anybody on spikes? Means 82 and he's still on. 6565 501 spike now. Copy. He's passing the continue to turn around. 501 we are Eastbound at Calhoun. Very little traffic. We are approaching Columbia about 1 mile out. Just about to go over. Just went over. Speed's about 83. He's still Eastbound. Chambury speed's 84. Westlake to River. Let me know where you're at. We're pretty close by. We are center lane. Just got a little bit of traffic. Still about 84. Passing Columbia now. Speed's about 88. 2020 clear. Looks like we're about to go under now. 501 got six brakes. That's 403 bird. She is in the center lane now. 52 we're coming up on the Hilliard entrance ramp, about a half mile. Slowing down now. She just ran a tire. We are slowing down to about 20 mph. We got her stopped. Hey! Hey! Get out of the car! Get out of the car now! Put your hands up! Get out of the car now! GET OUT OF THE CAR! PUT THE PHONE DOWN! FACE THE OTHER WAY! PUT THE PHONE DOWN! PUT THE PHONE DOWN! PUT YOUR BAG DOWN! DO IT NOW! PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN! PUT THE BAG DOWN! DO IT NOW! [screaming] TAKE TWO STEPS to your right! TWO STEPS TO YOUR RIGHT! ONE MORE! WALK BACK TO THE SOUND OF MY VOICE! NOW! KEEP COMING! KEEP COMING! Hands in the air! KEEP GOING! WALK BACK! LET'S GO! Keep coming! Let's go! Go over here! Take left! Left! Left! Why did you not stop? I'm pregnant. You're pregnant? Yeah. And you're running. I don't want the cops to see me. You hit me in Avon. I think you want to pull over. Why didn't you stop for us? That was me that hit [laughter] you. So, why didn't you stop? >> You hit me in Avon? Yep. Kick your legs out. I was a pull over and you hit me. You didn't pull over. Yes, I did. You didn't. You ran. After her arrest, Simon complained of chest pain and possible seizure activity, telling officers she needed medical attention. She was transported to the hospital not once, but twice before being medically evaluated and cleared. According to the report, hospital staff determined she was faking illness, and she was later released back into police custody for booking. Let's go. Let's step out of the car. Come on. Come on. You were cleared from the hospital, all right? >> [laughter] >> Listen, come on. It's time to go now. Let's go. Come on. I need you to stand on your own, all right? >> [laughter] >> Okay, what is wrong? What is wrong? I I can't understand you. I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong. Come on. It is time to go now. [snorts] >> [crying] >> Come on. Sit up. Come on. >> [laughter] >> If you don't get up. Time to go. Watch your head. You walked out of the hospital. You just walked out. Let's go. >> 39-year-old Westlake woman was finally arrested and charged with felony fleeing, driving under suspension, and several traffic violations. She was turned over to Lorraine County Sheriff's deputies. >> 39-year-old Heather Lynn Simon was taken into custody without injuries to officers or the public. She now faces a felony charge of failure to comply along with multiple misdemeanor traffic violations including marked lanes, failure to signal, and driving without a valid license. As of now, no final verdict or sentencing has been publicly reported and the case remains pending in court.

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