A handcuffed woman who was in DPS custody Saturday escaped and drove away in a detective's vehicle. She was captured after crashing into another vehicle and a light pole nearby, authorities said.
No one was injured in the crash.
Hayley Clark, 20, was booked into the Pima County jail and faces escape, theft of means, endangerment and criminal damage, said Quentin Mehr, an Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Monday, Aug. 14.
According to Mehr:
On Saturday, a detective with the Vehicle Theft Task Force was assisting highway patrol troopers with an investigation involving an occupied stolen vehicle near Interstate 10 and West 22nd Street.
During the investigation, Clark was placed in handcuffs behind her back and was seated in the passenger seat of the detective's vehicle while being questioned.
The detective got out of the vehicle for a moment and during that time Clark was able to get into the driver's seat and drove away. Clark then crashed into another vehicle and a light pole on the I-10 frontage road at West Congress Street.
Clark was taken into custody by Tucson police officers and turned over to DPS troopers.
