Woman With Dogs On Her Lap Leads Police On Erratic RV Chase

TARZANA, CA —A woman allegedly tried to flee police in a stolen RV, slamming into several cars while speeding across the San Fernando Valley Tuesday evening. Throughout the wild chase, she drove on the wrong side of the road and the sidewalk with two dogs in her lap until one jumped out the window. The chase finally ended with a crash in Tarzana.

The woman led police in a chase from the Santa Clarita area into the San Fernando Valley where she crashed into a tree at about 7:35 p.m. near the intersection of Tampa Avenue and Wells Drive.

Along the way, the suspect ran red lights and at times drove on the wrong side of the street, at one point broadsiding a car in the area of Tampa Avenue and Ventura Boulevard and narrowly missing others.

The suspect also drove through a parking lot where the motorhome slammed into a palm tree, tearing away the front and right side of the vehicle and causing its windshield to fly away.

The speeding motorhome, with debris flying out and liquid spilling onto the road as the suspect maneuvered wildly, also struck some parked vehicles and pushed others out of its path.

After the final crash, which appeared to injure a motorist who was backing out of a driveway, the suspect tried to run from officers with the second dog following, but she was quickly caught and cuffed, blood pouring from her face.

Both dogs were corralled by officers, ABC7 reported.

The woman was handcuffed to a gurney and placed into an ambulance.

City News Service and Patch Staffer contributed to this report.