HYANNIS – A Barnstable Police officer attempted to stop a vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign at Iyannough Road and hit a curb about 2:15 AM Thursday. In a police report obtained by CWN, Ofc. Kevin Shaw writes the vehicle took off at speeds in excess of 80 MPH. Ofc. Shaw attempted to catch up to the vehicle but it sped up ever further. The vehicle eventually entered Route 6 westbound and Mass State Police were notified. After reaching speeds in excess of 100 MPH, State Police were able to deploy stop sticks near the Sagamore Bridge in Bourne. The operator, identified as the vehicle owner Desiree Belle Healy, 56, of Hyannis, was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth for evaluation. Healy was criminally cited for failing to stop or yield, marked lanes violation, operating recklessly to endanger, speeding, failing to stop for police and operating without a license. Additional charges are expected from State Police as well.
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