A Maryland woman will be charged after she allegedly fled Pennsylvania State Police.
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Last Wednesday around 10 a.m., troopers attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the area of the Five Points intersection on the Middletown Township side. The stop was of a 2018 Nissan Versa suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash.
Troopers said the Nissan fled the area at a high rate of speed and state police followed.
As the Nissan kept fleeing and didn’t stop as it went through Middletown Township, troopers ended the pursuit, state police said.
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A short time later, a trooper spotted the vehicle traveling southbound onto Route 1 and began following the Nissan as it exited the highway at Rockhill Drive in Bensalem Township, state police said.
The Nissan ended up heading back on Route 1 southbound toward Philadelphia and state police again called off the pursuit, troopers said.
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Later, state police received a call from the Philadelphia Police Department that an officer was out with the Nissan and the driver, Tonja McLean-Hill, 58, of Windsor, Maryland, according to troopers.
State police said they responded to the location in Philadelphia and took McLean-Hill into custody.
According to court papers, the alleged hit-and-run crash that led to the chase happened in Falls Township and no life-threatening injuries were reported.
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A warrant for McLean-Hill related to the chase were filed Tuesday. She will be preliminarily arraigned at a future date on charges of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, accident involving damage to an attended vehicle, assault of a law enforcement officer, reckless endangerment, and several minor traffic offenses.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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