A woman fleeing police with a child in a stolen pickup truck hit three Foxborough, Massachusetts, police cruisers before being arrested on Thursday, officials said.
No officers were hurt during the chase and the driver and child were taken to a hospital as a precaution, Foxborough police said.
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The incident was first reported as a stolen vehicle, possibly with a child inside, in Norton, according to Foxborough police. Officers with that department spotted the vehicle and tried to stop it, but the driver drove off.
The vehicle drove over tire-deflation devices deployed by state police, officials said, and the vehicle was soon disabled, leading to the woman's arrest.
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Norton police said the owner of a white Ford pickup truck had reported that a woman took it, leaving with a child. The woman was later found to have been the child's guardian, who was known to police.
The woman hasn't been publicly identified, and police didn't share her relationship with the child or what's suspected to have led to the pursuit.
State police referred questions to Foxborough police.
