A driver clocked at 103 mph on Interstate 4 is accused of “looking directly” at a state trooper just before pinning him to his car with her vehicle, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
The trooper was injured but managed to get back into his patrol car and chase the driver until she crashed, officials said.
Investigators say the driver — who has a suspended license — faces a series of charges that include reckless driving resulting in serious bodily injury.
Her Jan. 7 arrest came after a dramatic chase that began when Trooper Diego Flores saw a vehicle exceeding 100 mph on Interstate 4 north of Orlando, according to an affidavit.
The trooper gave chase and used a controlled crash maneuver to stop the vehicle when it exited the interstate, officials said.
“As I exited my patrol vehicle, the driver … looked directly at me and ignored my verbal commands,” Flores wrote in his report.
“The driver drove her vehicle at a high rate of speed directly towards me (and) the front end of her vehicle collided with my patrol vehicle’s driver side door. I was pinned between my driver’s side door and the door frame. … The driver then fled.”