A Hollister woman stabbed her spouse Oct. 17 before recklessly driving the wrong way on a busy highway, left the scene of an accident before carjacking another victim, and continued to lead police up the valley to San Jose where she died after repeatedly stabbing herself with a knife, according to authorities.
The California Highway Patrol began receiving calls about 9:56am about a wrong-way driver on Highway 152 just east of the Highway 156 interchange, according to CHP Sgt. Robert Lehman. The driver, allegedly the same woman who had stabbed a male victim in Hollister, was driving a Chevrolet Cruze recklessly eastbound in the westbound lanes of 152.
The reckless driver collided head-on with another vehicle, causing the Chevrolet to overturn, Lehman said. The woman then carjacked a passerby who had stopped to check on the people involved in the crash…