News story from The Albuquerque Tribune:
A driver whose 2-year-old son died when she crashed as police attempted to stop her was in the Metropolitan Detention Center today, charged with child abuse resulting in death. …
Albuquerque police attempted late Thursday afternoon to stop an SUV that had been weaving through traffic near Girard Boulevard and Coal Avenue, Officer Trish Ahrensfield said.
Perez, the driver, stopped for police, but as they approached, she sped off and hit a truck, Ahrensfield said.
Perez then backed up, hit the police vehicle and then sped east, hitting a curb and a small passenger car, Ahrensfield said.
The SUV rolled onto its side and into a gas station parking lot at Coal and Washington Street, she said. The toddler was thrown from the vehicle at some point, Ahrensfield said, and died. …
Perez’s court records show a driving-while-intoxicated charge in 2000, under another name she used, Crucita Ramirez. The case was dismissed, because the arresting officer failed to appear in court, records show.
Other records under both names show a string of traffic offenses including speeding, driving without insurance and driving on an invalid license, shoplifting charges and one concealed identity conviction that resulted in a 90-day jail sentence.