Driver leads deputy on high-speed chase through Washougal roundabouts, Gorge

Police say Vancouver woman became ‘airborne’ going through roundabouts, threw flaming clothes out window, crashed near Bridge of the Gods in Oregon

By Kelly Moyer

April 10, 2020 4:38 pm

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(Kelly Moyer/Post-Record) A view from the Bridge of the Gods, which spans between the Oregon and Washington sides of the Columbia River Gorge. The Skamania County Sheriff's Office says a 42-year-old Vancouver woman clocked at 110 miles per hour (mph) on Highway 14 near Washougal led law enforcement on a high-speed chase this morning before throwing her clothing, which she had set on fire, out her car window; crashing near the Oregon side of the Bridge of the Gods; and escaping unharmed on foot after her car caught fire. Law enforcement later found and arrested the driver in Washougal.

Law enforcement arrested a 42-year-old Vancouver woman in Washougal today after she allegedly led them on a high-speed chase through Washougal’s new Highway 14 roundabouts, becoming “airborne” before racing through the Columbia River Gorge, throwing burning clothing from her car windows, crashing her car near the Bridge of the Gods and escaping on foot after her vehicle caught on fire.

The unusual series of events, which police say caused no injuries, began at 7:51 a.m. this morning, when a Skamania County deputy in a marked patrol car clocked a 1994 Toyota Camry driving 110 miles per hour (mph) on state Route 14 (Highway 14) near milepost 12, approaching the new traffic roundabouts.

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