BRECKENRIDGE, CO : Welfare check on suicidal woman results in car chase and crash on Highway 9 on Saturday, 18th April, 2020

A 4-mile stretch of Colorado Highway 9 was shut down for several hours Saturday night after a woman who was reportedly suicidal fled from police and crashed her car.

At about 5 p.m. Saturday, Summit County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a welfare check on a woman who was armed with a handgun in the Wildernest neighborhood near Silverthorne, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

County law enforcement agencies began to search for the woman and found that her cellphone was in the Breckenridge area. Deputies who were familiar with the woman suspected she might be at a mine in the French Creek area where she used to work, according to the release. Deputies went to the location and found her car idling at the gate to the mine. As the deputy approached the women’s car, she sped away toward Highway 9.

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