ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg woman was arrested after she fled the scene of a crash with her children on Interstate 275 last week, according to an affidavit.
On Thursday night, Pinellas Park police attempted a traffic stop on 30-year-old Janai Fowler who was driving in Pinellas Park with a heavily cracked windshield and an illegal tint. Despite officers activating their emergency lights and sirens, Fowler fled at a high rate of speed out of the neighborhood.
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Officers used stop sticks on the vehicle to pop the front two tires, but she continued fleeing toward Gandy Boulevard.
Eventually, Fowler ended up on I-275 in Pinellas County near 38th Avenue North, where she caused a crash resulting in injuries, the affidavit said…