by Brad Anderson
- The 29-year-old reportedly stole a minivan from a living home in California.
- Police chased her across multiple highways, hitting speeds of up to 90 mph.
- Officers called off the pursuit moments before she crossed into Mexico.
Police chases rarely end well for the driver on the run, yet some manage to push their luck a little further than most. When 29-year-old Alyssa Wilson allegedly decided to flee from authorities in a stolen minivan, she didn’t just dodge the flashing lights, she made it all the way into Mexico.
Ultimately, however, police still apprehended her.
According to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Wilson allegedly stole a silver minivan from a sober living home, prompting officers to try to stop her at the scene. They claim that she refused to pull over, accelerating onto the 118 Freeway and reaching speeds of about 90 mph (145 km/h)
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ABC7 reports that the pursuit later shifted to the 405 Freeway, where the California Highway Patrol took command. Officers attempted several times to deploy spike strips, yet Wilson avoided them each time and continued south, moving between the 5 and 805 Freeways.
Eventually, the California Highway Patrol called off the chase, and not long after, Wilson successfully crossed into Mexico, raising questions about how she managed to slip past the border undetected.
It’s understood that the 29-year-old drove the stolen minivan roughly 155 miles before crossing over the border. Her mother had contacted authorities during the ordeal, alerting them that Wilson was experiencing a mental health crisis at the time.
While Wilson remarkably managed to evade the police, she returned to the US earlier this week and turned herself in, where she was promptly handed over to Ventura County deputies.
In an interview with KTLA-TV, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Capt. Robert Yoos noted that the light traffic conditions helped Wilson stay on the freeway for as long as she did. After she entered Mexico, police located the stolen van in Tijuana.
