Police: Woman sparks chase, rear-ends patrol car, swings pipe at troopers

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Police say a driver led them on a chase, rear-ended a patrol car and then got out of her car and swung a pipe at troopers in Bellevue early Wednesday.

A woman in a Toyota was driving on southbound I-5 at 50th Street when she was pulled over for speeding and driving erratically, according to a Washington State Patrol trooper at the scene.

While troopers were talking with her, she pulled away. Troopers said they chased her on eastbound SR 520 into Bellevue, where she rear-ended a patrol car at Bellevue Way.

The State Patrol said the woman then got out of the car and swung a metal pipe at troopers. Troopers got her under control, and she was taken to the hospital by Bellevue Fire Department medics with unknown injuries around 2 a.m.

Two State Patrol vehicles and the suspect’s car were damaged, but no troopers were hurt.

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