A woman who had been staying at a women’s sobriety home in California stole a minivan and was chased by police for hours until she crossed over to Mexico on Monday.

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Officials tracked the van about 12 miles (19km) north to Simi Valley, where they tried to pull the vehicle over, but Wilson refused to stop and sped away. She reached about 90mph (145km/h) on the 118 freeway until the chase continued into Los Angeles county. There, Ventura county authorities handed over the pursuit to the California highway patrol (CHP) once Wilson entered the 405 freeway heading south, the statement said.

“This one is very unique in the sense of the traffic conditions allowing individuals to continue to remain on the freeway and extend this pursuit,” said Capt Robert Yoos, a public information officer at the Ventura county sheriff’s office, during an interview with KTLA-TV.

Wilson dodged all the spike strips tossed on the road by authorities, according to aerial videos published by ABC7.

The chase eventually reached the US-Mexico border by 1.30pm, according to Walters, where the CHP ended its pursuit amid jurisdictional constraints.

Walters said on Tuesday that the vehicle was in Tijuana, Mexico, and that she was working with the CHP to retrieve it.

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