Drunk Driver Rams Patrol Car, Injures Officer In Pasadena: Police

PASADENA, MD — A Glen Burnie driver faces multiple charges, including assault and drunk driving, after she allegedly sped away from police who pulled her vehicle over, then rammed an Anne Arundel County Police cruiser. One officer was injured in the chase and arrest of Christina Brooke Hall, 33 of the 200 block of Margate Drive in Glen Burnie.

Police were alerted to a possible intoxicated driver about 7:45 p.m. Sunday on Mountain Road traveling toward Edwin Raynor Boulevard. Officers who pulled the vehicle over in the parking lot of the Rite Aid at 3400 Mountain Road in Pasadena said the female driver — later identified as Hall — smelled of alcohol and appeared to be intoxicated.

When officers asked her to get out of her vehicle, Hall reportedly sped out of the parking lot onto Edwin Raynor Boulevard. Officers pursued her vehicle for a short distance to the 8300 block of Country Grove, which is a dead-end street. Authorities say Hall then turned her vehicle and intentionally rammed a marked Anne Arundel County Police cruiser as the officer was getting out of the vehicle. The impact forced the officer’s door to strike him, causing face and mouth injuries, police say.

Hall continued onto Edwin Raynor Boulevard being pursued by officers. Her vehicle broke down near Jumpers Hole Road at Obrecht Road, where Hall was arrested.

The injured officer, a 23-year veteran of the department, was taken to Baltimore Washington Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, where he was treated and released.

Hall was charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault on a police officer, reckless endangerment, DUI, and numerous traffic offenses.

Photo of Christina Hall, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police