Advertisement

Driver wanted for traffic violations led to crash, pursuit and traffic jam on I-494

A 52-year-old woman who led police on a short chase through the southeast metro during the early portion of Wednesday's morning rush hour before crashing her vehicle is now in custody.

January 28, 2015 at 2:37PM

A 52-year-old woman who led police on a short chase through the southeast metro during the early portion of Wednesday's morning rush hour before crashing her vehicle is now in custody.

Police attempted to stop Gwen Peltier, of Stillwater, for several traffic violations at I-494 and Hwy. 61 around 6:15 a.m. Peltier failed to stop and fled westbound on I-494, the State Patrol said.

Police placed stop sticks on westbound I-494 in Mendota Heights. Peltier hit the sticks, which deflated two tires. The vehicle came to rest in the right lane at Delaware Avenue where Peltier was arrested, said Lt. Tiffani Nielson.

The incident caused a four-mile back up that stretched back to Hwy. 61 and had traffic knotted up for nearly 45 minutes.

West St. Paul police assisted in the pursuit.

Advertisement
about the writer

about the writer

Tim Harlow

Reporter

Tim Harlow covers traffic and transportation issues in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and likes to get out of the office, even during rush hour. He also covers the suburbs in northern Hennepin and all of Anoka counties, plus breaking news and weather.

See Moreicon

More from Minnesota Star Tribune

See More
In this photo taken Monday, March 6, 2017, in San Francisco, released confidential files by The University of California of a sexual misconduct case, like this one against UC Santa Cruz Latin Studies professor Hector Perla is shown. Perla was accused of raping a student during a wine-tasting outing in June 2015. Some of the files are so heavily redacted that on many pages no words are visible. Perla is one of 113 UC employees found to have violated the system's sexual misconduct policies in rece

We respect the desire of some tipsters to remain anonymous, and have put in place ways to contact reporters and editors to ensure the communication will be private and secure.

Advertisement
Advertisement

To leave a comment, .

Advertisement