Just after 4 p.m., a deputy with the Hart County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a 2008 white Chrysler Aspen on Whitworth Road near Interstate 85.
According to a social media post by the Sheriff’s Office, while the deputy was speaking with the driver, she suddenly drove away, turned around, and traveled back toward the patrol vehicle before running over a curb to re-enter the roadway.
Deputies pursued the vehicle as it entered Interstate 85 northbound toward South Carolina. They were able to safely box in the vehicle just before reaching the state line and bring it to a stop, officials said.
The driver was identified as Angela Rae Smith, 54, of Liberty, South Carolina. Smith was taken into custody and transported to the Hart County Jail, where she is charged with fleeing or attempting to elude, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and vehicle equipment violations.
