A head-on collision Tuesday left two people with serious injuries and a woman facing multiple felony charges for driving under the influence of marijuana, according to a criminal complaint.<\/p>\n
Jade Autumn Hardy, 27, of Susquehanna, faces felony charges of aggravated assault by vehicle while driving under the influence during a chase that reached speeds over 115 mph.<\/p>\n
She allegedly turned her vehicle into an opposing lane of traffic and hit an oncoming vehicle head-on.<\/p>\n
At about 6 p.m., Dickson City police officers were on patrol near Viewmont Drive when they spotted Hardy in a vehicle they believed to be stolen.<\/p>\n
Officer Matthew Gallagher saw the vehicle doing over 70 mph in a 45 mph zone, crossing over into oncoming traffic at high speed, going through stop signs and passing vehicles, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Several times, Hardy veered off into oncoming traffic, forcing vehicles off the road.<\/p>\n
The vehicle passed police near Lowe\u2019s and continued into Dickson City. Officers soon spotted it heading toward the Blakely\/Archbald border.<\/p>\n
Gallagher then positioned his vehicle at Sturges Road and Business Route 6, where Hardy passed him at a high rate of speed.<\/p>\n
Officers continued pursuit onto Route 247 into Greenfield Twp., where officers set up spike strips.<\/p>\n
When Hardy hit the strips, her passenger side front and rear tires deflated.<\/p>\n
Hardy, however, continued to flee in her vehicle, driving on only two inflated tires, a deflated tire and a metal rim, police said.<\/p>\n
As she approached Amelia Avenue, an SUV approached Hardy\u2019s vehicle in the oncoming lane.<\/p>\n
Hardy hit SUV at a high rate of speed, causing it to roll and trap two injured people inside, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n
Emergency medical and fire personnel responded to the scene. Gallagher removed Hardy from the vehicle at gunpoint and forcibly lowered her to the ground before handcuffing her.<\/p>\n
Emergency responders removed two victims from the other vehicle and began rendering medical treatment.<\/p>\n
Officers noted the pursuit lasted 11 miles and 13 minutes, at a maximum speed of 117 mph.<\/p>\n
Hardy mentioned dying to officers before being transported to police headquarters. Once there, she admitted to smoking marijuana, police said.<\/p>\n
When asked if she remembered details of the pursuit, Hardy said she had wondered why police were following her and just wanted to get home.<\/p>\n
Hardy also faces other charges, including reckless endangerment, speeding, failing to stop at a stop sign and careless driving.<\/p>\n
She was arraigned Wednesday before District Judge Kipp Adcock, who denied bail because, \u201cNo single or combination of bail could guarantee her appearance,\u201d according to court documents.<\/p>\n
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on July 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A head-on collision Tuesday left two people with serious injuries and a woman facing multiple felony charges for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[202,201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-227072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}