Police were searching for answers Friday about why a woman driving a BMW led them on a 93-mile chase Thursday across Southwest Colorado.
“We have nothing,” said Capt. Adrian Driscoll with the Colorado State Patrol. “We have no reason why she ran. We’re still trying to ascertain what was going on in her mind at that time.”
Sabrina Bullock, 40, of Santa Fe, was being held Friday in the La Plata County jail on suspicion of vehicular eluding.
The incident started about 9:40 a.m. when an officer in Rio Grand County stopped Bullock for driving 60 mph in a 30 mph zone east of South Fork. Bullock allegedly refused to cooperate with the officer and fled in her green SUV.
The chase went through South Fork, over Wolf Creek Pass, through Pagosa Springs and ended east of Bayfield after authorities used spike strips to puncture all four tires. Bullock turned into a driveway at 47320 U.S. Highway 160 to elude officers but was ultimately arrested at 11:30 a.m. by La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies.
During the pursuit, she struck an Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and attempted to ram a Colorado State Patrol cruiser, authorities said. Because the chase covered so much distance, the Colorado State Patrol was talking to two different District Attorney Offices on Friday about which would handle formal charges.
It is possible Bullock was experiencing a psychological episode, which may be at the root of her actions.
“That’s something we’re definitely looking at,” Driscoll said. “We haven’t really dug into her background. We’ve been busy trying to get all the initial paperwork done. I’m sure all those questions will be answered in the next couple of days, probably by Monday.”
Bullock had not been formally booked into the jail as of Friday afternoon because she was being uncooperative with authorities and had not answered routine questions as part of the intake process, said La Plata County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dan Bender.
