Woman arrested after crash in stolen truck
Vehicle, reported stolen from Loveland, took out transformer
Authorities arrested a Fort Collins woman, who they said fled from deputies in a truck stolen from Loveland, rammed a patrol car and crashed into a fence, a tree and a transformer, taking out power to 4,000 homes.
The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies first tried to pull over a Dodge 2500 pickup truck for traffic violations about 11:15 p.m. Thursday in north Fort Collins, according to a Saturday press release.
The driver did not stop and instead sped away, losing control and crashing into a transformer, causing a power outage for about 4,000 homes, the release states.
At that point, the truck was temporarily stuck, but once it broke loose, the driver again sped away, the release states.
At Conifer and Lemay, the truck crashed through a fence and hit a large pine tree, but still the driver did not stop, continuing north on Lemay, according to the release.
At this point, one deputy used special technique with a patrol vehicle to stop the fleeing truck, while another deputy used another patrol vehicle to box in the truck. The sheriff’s office, in the release, said the driver then rammed the patrol vehicle with the stolen truck, which came to rest on the hood of the cruiser.
“The driver continued trying to accelerate, but eventually realized the futility of the effort and surrendered,” according to the release.
Deputies arrested the driver, who the sheriff’s office identified as Kennedy Queen-dominguez, 26, of Fort Collins, and booked her into the jail on warrants and multiple charges including five felonies.
They determined that the truck had been stolen out of Loveland, the release states, and had fictitious license plates attached.
No one was injured, according to the sheriff’s office.
Queen-dominguez was held on warrants including a no-bond felony warrant from the Department of Corrections for alleged
parole violations, according to the release, and on multiple new charges, including first-degree assault of a police officer, first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, vehicular eluding, felony criminal mischief, and criminal possession of two or more financial devices.
Other pending charges include driving under the influence of drugs, driving without a valid license, displaying fictitious license plates, no license plate light, failure to remain at the scene of an accident, driving under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
“Unfortunately, the willingness of suspects to place our community at risk has become a common occurrence, and we continue to see these types of irresponsible and often violent actions towards law enforcement,” Captain Ian Stewart, who leads the patrol division, said in a written release.
“We are very fortunate this suspect’s actions did not harm any citizens, despite causing significant damage to property and placing our deputies in danger.”