Tonya Smith

Vehic/Purs

Officers observed a brown Oldsmobile speeding down a city street, driver's door open, the passenger apparently in control of the steering wheel and gas pedal, and the person in the driver's seat signalling and yelling for help. Local police chased the car, reportedly broke off the chase, then found it crashed into a utility pole. The passenger was detained as a suspect in a grocery store robbery. The woman yelling for help, Smith, died of her injuries.