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Chase ensues afer traffic stop
Published August 7, 2009
A high-speed chase that started in Kinney County ended inside Del Rio city limits Thursday afternoon.
Kinney County Sheriff's Office deputies said Mary Ann Basham fled after pulling over for a routine traffic stop about a mile west of Brackettville around 4 p.m.
Deputies said they stopped Basham, 50, because the 1990 Buick Century she was driving was missing its headlights.
While interviewing Basham, KCSO Deputy Chris Coplan said he and KCSO Deputy Clay Sinclair, were informed Basham might have outstanding warrants for her arrest.
“When we asked her to step out of the vehicle, she threw it in drive and took off,” said Coplan.
The deputies called ahead for assistance and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers set out spike strips on U.S. Highway 90 in front of Julio's Restaurant.
Sinclair said the chase reached speeds of 115 miles per hour before Basham's vehicle struck the spike strips, which deflated the tires on the Buick.
After crossing the spike strips, and with several law enforcement patrol units in tow, Basham's vehicle crashed into an embankment after driving under the Railway underpass off the highway that leads into the San Felipe neighborhood.
Basham, who was the only occupant of the vehicle, was transported to Val Verde Regional Medical Center via ambulance for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident. A spokesperson at the hospital said this morning Basham was treated and released.
Sinclair said he believed Basham is from Del Rio, but had not received a confirmation on her residence.
“She stated she was from Del Rio, but she didn't stick around long enough for us to find out,” said Sinclair.
KCSO Chief Deputy Carl Chism said this morning Basham was wanted on warrants from Travis County for tampering with government records, Medina County for resisting arrest or transportation and Val Verde County for bail jumping.
Chism said Basham faces charges of evading arrest or detention using a motor vehicle, a state jail felony, stemming from Thursday's chase.
Sinclair and Coplan are assigned to Operation Border Star, an initiative that pulls law enforcement resources from across the state to support the U.S. Border Patrol with drug trafficking interdiction.
“While looking for drugs we often find people wanted on other offenses, which is an added benefit,” said Sinclair.
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