SAN MARINO >> A driver suffered injuries when she allegedly led police on a chase then crashed twice Monday night.
Police arrested her.
It started with a traffic violation.
An officer tried to pull over the driver of a Toyota Camry at eastbound Huntington Drive and San Marino Avenue at 8:37 p.m.
The driver continued speeding east on Huntington Drive, San Marino police Sgt. Tim Tebbetts said in a statement.
The car sped through residential streets, running stop signs and red lights. While westbound on Huntington Drive, Tebbetts said the driver lost control of the car and hit the Starbucks at Huntington Drive and San Marino Avenue. He said the damage was minor.
The driver put the car in reverse, backed away from the building then returned to the street.
The driver lost control of the car a second time. Tebbetts said the car struck the curb then a light pole in the 1600 block of Huntington Drive.
San Marino firefighters took the driver to Huntington Hospital.
Detective Brian Wong said the driver suffered head trauma and remained at the hospital Tuesday morning.
Wong said officers arrested and cited the driver, 29-year-old Joyce Yanjean Hsu of San Marino on suspicion of misdemeanor evading police and reckless driving. Hsu has a court date of Jan. 25, 2018 in Alhambra Superior Court, according to Wong.
