A Bloomington woman who crashed while attempting to get away from police in Chanhassen was charged Thursday with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing a what appeared to be a handgun at officers.

Amanda Lindsey Nelson, 33, also was charged with fleeing police and being a fugitive from another state. She was being held Wednesday at the Carver County jail in Chaska.

Police arrested Nelson about 7 p.m. Tuesday after the SUV she was driving skidded off Hwy. 41 just south of Hwy. 5, went into a snowbank and rolled over. The intersection at Hwys. 5 and 41 was closed for several hours as officers from several agencies negotiated with her before finally getting her out of the vehicle.

According to the complaint:

Officers from the South Lake Minnetonka Police Department tried to stop Nelson's SUV in Excelsior after running her license plate and learning she was wanted in Illinois for aggravated assault of a peace officer, use of a deadly weapon and domestic battery. She failed to stop when the officers attempted to pull her over, leading them on a chase down Hwy. 41. When a PIT maneuver caused her vehicle to spin, she allegedly pointed what appeared to be a handgun at one of the officers through her car window.

Moments later, after again being stopped, she allegedly pointed the apparent gun at the other officer, who ducked and fired five rounds back from inside his vehicle. She then sped away and continued south on Hwy. 41, until another PIT maneuver south of 82nd Street caused her SUV to roll over.

After Nelson was taken into custody, officers found a knife in her pocket and what appeared to be a gun near the driver's side window of the SUV. According to the complaint, it was a Smith & Wesson BB gun air pistol that resembled a handgun.