Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol arrested a Lincoln woman following a short pursuit in Lincoln early Thursday morning. At around 2:00 a.m. a trooper observed a Ford Fusion speeding and repeatedly striking the curb on Superior near 14th Street.
The trooper attempted a traffic stop as the vehicle turned southbound onto 14th, but the driver refused to yield and fled westbound onto Benton Street. The trooper pursued the vehicle until the it failed to navigate a curve at 7th Street and crashed into a tree.
The driver of the Fusion then fled on foot before she was quickly taken into custody by the trooper. The driver, 24 year old Sunday Jud of Lincoln, was arrested for willful reckless driving, felony flight to avoid arrest, driving under the influence, obstructing a peace officer and refusing to subject to a field sobriety test.
Jud was booked into the Lancaster County Jail.