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PURSUIT ENDS IN CRASH INTO FENCE, ARREST.


Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Staff Writer

SYLMAR - A woman driving a stolen car without license plates led officers on a brief high-speed chase before crashing into a fence and a tree, injuring herself early Wednesday, the CHP CHP Chapter
CHP Combined Heat and Power
CHP California Highway Patrol
CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party)
CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA)
CHP Community Health Plan
 said.

Lujuana Smith, 24, of Sylmar suffered minor injuries and was taken to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in Mission Hills, California, USA. The hospital has 254 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. History  in Mission Hills, where she was under arrest, said California Highway Patrol highway patrol
n.
A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways.
 Officer Doug Sweeney, a spokesman for the CHP in Newhall.

Smith was booked on suspicion of felony evading arrest and driving a stolen vehicle, Sweeney said.

About 3 a.m., CHP officers spotted the 1996 Honda Civic The Honda Civic is a compact car manufactured by Honda. It was introduced in July 1972 as a two-door coupe, followed by a three-door hatchback version that September. With the transverse engine placement of its 1169 cc engine and front-wheel drive, like the British Mini, the , which had no plates and was outfitted with an illegal exhaust pipe and tinted windows, he said.

The officers gave chase at Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
  • Foothill Boulevard (Southern California)
  • Foothill Boulevard (East Bay, California)
 and Polk Street near the Foothill Freeway, Sweeney said. The vehicles reached speeds of up to 100 mph.

When the driver attempted to turn right on Bledsoe Street at Glenoaks Boulevard, she lost control in the intersection and struck an asphalt curb, went up an embankment and hit a fence and tree, the CHP said.
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Date:Nov 23, 2000
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