Date/Time Written:

2/7/201006:26

Type of Incident:

Vehicle Pursuit

Date/Time of Incident:

2/6/201019:37

Location of Incident:

Murrieta Hot Springs Road at the I-15 Freeway

Reporting Officer:

Sergeant Ron Driscoll

Reporting Officer Phone:

951-461-6377

File Number:

MR10-000686

Incident Summary

On Saturday, 2-6-10 at 1937 hours Murrieta officers attempted to stop a 1997 Honda Accord for a vehicle code violation in the area of Murrieta Hot Springs Road and the I-15 freeway.  The driver of the Honda fled from officers onto the northbound I-15.  Officers learned that the vehicle was reported stolen from Diamond Bar, Ca.  Officers pursued the Honda on the I-15 freeway and onto surface streets in the city of Wildomar – reaching speeds of approximately 100 MPH.  During the pursuit, the Honda slowed within the Windsong Valley residential tract of Wildomar and a passenger from the vehicle fled within this community.  The driver of the Honda continued to flee from officers in the vehicle and, a short time later, collided with a Murrieta Police Department patrol unit in the 22000 block of Gierson Avenue in Wildomar.  The driver of the Honda, Michelle Mills – 26 year-old resident of Lake Elsinore, was taken into custody at the collision site without incident.  No one from either vehicle (the Honda or the patrol unit) was injured as a result of the collision.  The pursuit lasted a total of 12 minutes and covered approximately 13 miles.