A 20-year-old St. Cloud woman with an outstanding fugitive warrant out of Wisconsin crashed in St. Paul on Saturday following a high-speed chase with an infant in the vehicle.
The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that shortly after midnight a deputy noticed a suspicious vehicle at a closed gas station in the 300 block of Little Canada Road that's been the target of burglars.
The deputy reported that "the vehicle was positioned in a way that it was hidden from view, and the trunk area was facing the gas station."
The driver fled the gas station at high speeds, and the deputy gave chase on Interstate 35E, following onto westbound Hwy. 36 before exiting on Hamline Avenue.
The driver was southbound on the avenue when she lost control, hit a retaining wall and rolled the vehicle onto its passenger side at Hamline and Idaho avenues.
Deputies found a 9-month-old baby in the vehicle who had no visible injuries. The mother and child were taken to a hospital.
The mother was booked and faces possible charges of criminal vehicular operation, fleeing police and child endangerment as well as several drug charges.
The Star Tribune typically does not name suspects until they have been formally charged. This case is being referred to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office.
