ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – New video shows when police arrest a woman they say hit two officers vehicles while trying to flee from a traffic stop.
This took place on August 23, 2024. Officers were near the Hilton hotel off of Central Ave and Broadway Blvd. They were attempting to conduct a traffic stop on a white Tesla but, that when they say, the vehicle accelerated forward. In the video, the vehicle can be seen swerving around the first police car, before striking a second vehicle and pushing it into a third police car.
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According to police, the driver was Leann Aragon. Aragon has a history of hitting police vehicles. In September 2017, police say Aragon struck a police unit responding to another call in the downtown area, in a stolen car while running a red light. And in July of the same year, Aragon also almost ran over an officer who stopped her.