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FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – Dashcam video released by the Florence County Sheriff’s Office shows a woman’s alleged attempt to run from deputies. She hits multiple cruisers, flips the SUV, and is ultimately thrown from the vehicle before being arrested.
The chase happened July 12, and Chief Deputy Glen Kirby confirms deputies were involved in a car chase in the area of TV Road and McIver Road. The suspect, identified by Kirby as 24-year-old Brittany Nicole Jeffords, is seen driving erratically, hitting other vehicles and crashing into a home.
Major Michael Nunn 12:39 p.m. on July 12, a patrol deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop on North Cashua Street for a moving violation and Jeffords refused to stop. The vehicle briefly came to a stop in a parking lot, where the passenger exited the car.
The male suspect was arrested. When officers asked the male why Jeffords drove away, he told them Jeffords said she didn’t want to go back to jail.
The vehicle continued to flee from deputies. The pursuit continued into the Black Creek and TV Road area, where it ended after the SUV crashed and overturned multiple times. Jeffords was ejected from the vehicle and transported to McLeod hospital.
Jeffords is charged with failure to stop for blue light charge and a driving under suspension charge, license suspended for DUI, in addition to two counts of failure to appear. Jeffords was in court Wednesday morning where her bond was set at $3,650 for the failure to stop for blue light charge and a driving under suspension charges, but she will remain in jail for the failure to appear warrants until she can see a general sessions judge.
