{"id":385743,"date":"2026-08-31T03:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385743\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T03:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T03:00:25","slug":"video-st-pete-woman-arrested-after-high-speed-chase-ends-in-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385743\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: St. Pete woman arrested after high-speed chase ends in crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The suspect faces several charges, including driving with a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A woman was arrested after troopers say she led them on a high-speed chase that ended in a crash.<\/p>\n<p>It happened Friday afternoon on U.S. 19 in Pinellas County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 31-year-old Leondra Walden was seen driving recklessly on the highway, heading north. When deputies tried to stop her, they say she fled and exited onto Roosevelt Boulevard, where she made a U-turn before continuing south on U.S. 19.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit continued south along Gandy Boulevard and onto the I-275 entrance ramp. That&#8217;s when Walden reportedly lost control of the vehicle and rear-ended an SUV, bringing the chase to an end.<\/p>\n<p>The crash caused both vehicles to travel into the express lanes of the interstate, where they both struck the concrete median wall. The SUV driver was not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Walden stayed inside her vehicle until she was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>She was given medical clearance at Bayfront Health before being booked into the Pinellas County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>She faces several charges including fleeing to elude, reckless driving and driving while license suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The suspect faces several charges, including driving with a suspended license. PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A woman was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-385743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}