On a Thursday afternoon in Silver Springs, Florida, a 33-year-old woman named Kendra Dalyn Boone stole a Marion County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle and caused a deadly crash . Around 2 p.m. on February 1, 2024, a deputy responded to Forest Plaza after Boone allegedly tried to take an elderly person’s keys. The deputy spoke with her and directed her to the back of his vehicle.
As the deputy stepped out, Boone slipped into the cruiser through the passenger side, jumped behind the wheel, and took off. The deputy tried to stop her but couldn’t. Another deputy joined the chase as Boone sped east on E Highway 40, hit over 100 mph, and kept making U-turns.
Police tried to stop her with spike strips, but Boone turned again and kept running. Eventually, she tried to pass a semi-truck on the shoulder, lost control, veered into oncoming traffic, and crashed head-on into a GMC pickup…