Summers County, WV (WOAY) A woman is facing several charges after deputies say a hit-and-run investigation led to a vehicle pursuit in Summers County.
The sheriff’s office says deputies responded to a reported hit-and-run in the Beech Run Road area around 8:38 a.m. on October 16.
During the investigation, deputies located the suspected vehicle on the Temple Street Bridge in Hinton and attempted a traffic stop.
Authorities say the driver refused to stop, traveling at a high rate of speed and going the wrong way on one-way Summers Street.
Deputies were eventually able to stop the vehicle near Eighth Avenue, and the driver, identified as 28-year-old Katelyn Neal of Princeton, was taken into custody.
Neal faces charges including fleeing with reckless indifference, driving on a suspended license, leaving the scene of an accident, traveling the wrong way on a one-way street, and operating an unregistered vehicle.
The sheriff’s office says no injuries or damage to public property were reported.
