A Chattooga County officer was working on the school zone on Highway 114 and Azalea Drive on November 6th when he flagged down a speeding driver. 

The officer saw a green truck speeding in a 35 mile per hour zone. The equipment the officer was using read that the truck was going 68 miles per hour.

The officer began to follow the truck as it sped away, and the truck reached 75 miles per hour while travelling south on Highway 114. The truck turned quickly onto Fair Drive, ran through a four-way stop, nearly hit pedestrians crossing the road, and almost ran into a vehicle that was stopped momentarily.

The driver finally stopped at the end of Fair Drive and reached a home at the end of the road. The driver was identified as Ms. Amanda Pugh, and she told the officer that she was trying to reach the homeowner and that she had fallen and could not get up. The officer checked on the homeowner and she told the officer that she was fine and had not fallen. 

The officer checked Ms. Pugh's license, and it returned suspended. Ms. Pugh was placed into custody for the following offenses: reckless driving, driving while license suspended, failure to stop at stop sign, speeding in excess of maximum limits (in a school zone), and fleeing a police officer.