Woman charged with recklessly evading police after suburban pursuit ends when wheel falls off car in Albany

A Yakamia woman has been charged after an alleged six-minute pursuit that dramatically ended when a tyre came off the vehicle she was driving in Lockyer on Friday afternoon. Albany officer-in-charge acting Sen. Sgt Dave Costello said the pursuit was sparked when the 23-year-old woman allegedly failed to stop when signalled by police. The six-minute pursuit ended when a tyre came off the vehicle, which came to a stop on the grass at the corner of Drummond Street and Lambert Street about 2.10pm. The woman was apprehended and charged with reckless driving to evade police, no authority to drive and failing to stop for police. She was also charged with allegedly possessing a prohibited drug. She was released on bail by police and is scheduled to appear in Albany Magistrates Court on September 5. The two other occupants in the vehicle, a male and a female, were also arrested at the scene but were released without charge.