TAMPA, Fla. — Troopers arrested two women, one of who is accused of crashing her car into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle after a multi-highway chase across Hillsborough County.
The Lakeland Police Department says around 1:16 p.m. Monday, three women walked into an Ulta Beauty location in North Lakeland and took thousands of dollars in merchandise.
Following the theft, authorities first spotted a Nissan Altima just before 1:30 p.m. heading west on Interstate 4 that was involved in the Lakeland theft case, according to an FHP news release.
The car moved from I-4 to northbound I-75, where its driver sped off from deputies. It kept heading north until the westbound Fowler Avenue exit.
Troopers say at the intersection of 56th Street, the car crashed into another sedan, which prompted its occupants to get out and into a nearby Dodge Durango.
At 50th Street, the Durango turned and intentionally rammed into an unoccupied marked FHP car, FHP said. Troopers were able to arrest the driver and others thereafter.
The agency has not yet said how many people were arrested; all, however, suffered minor injuries and the trooper was not hurt.
Grechan Toliver, 32, was charged with aggravated assault, and Ashley Gater, 34, was arrested for the initial crime of fleeing and eluding, as well as leaving the scene of two crashed. Additional charges are pending, according to FHP.