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LOCAL : Driver Held After 80-Mile Chase

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<i> From Times Staff and Wire Service Reports</i>

A woman suspected of running her car into a Caltrans worker early today led Brea police on an 80-mile chase that ended when her car ran out of fuel past Palm Springs, officers said. Bonnie Edith Haynes, 37, of Orange was arrested and booked on charges of hit-and-run driving, evading a police officer and felony drunk driving when the chase finally ended.

Haynes allegedly struck Michael Curtis Ziegler, a California Department of Transportation worker who was directing traffic at Castlegate Lane and Imperial Highway in Brea. She drove off without stopping, according to Brea police.

Ziegler suffered severe head injuries and broken ribs after being struck at about 12:40 a.m. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in serious condition.

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After a description of the hit-and-run car was broadcast over the police radio, an officer tried to get Haynes to pull over near Imperial Highway and Kellogg Drive, said police Sgt. Dave Carlock. Instead, she drove toward Riverside County in a protracted chase in which police cars were directed by helicopters from the Anaheim Police Department and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The chase ended when Haynes’ car ran out of gas on Interstate 10, a mile east of Date Palm Drive near Palm Springs.

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