(La Porte County, IN) - A woman died after allegedly stealing a La Porte County Police vehicle during the night and driving it into a body of water.

Authorities have confirmed the incident without offering much detail as of yet. However, sources said the incident apparently began when police tried stopping a suspected drunk driver in the southern part of La Porte County. This led to a chase exceeding well over 100 miles per hour on U.S. 30 before some sort of a crash.  Somehow, the female driver managed to climb into a sheriff’s vehicle and take off resulting in another pursuit. 

During that chase, the woman allegedly driving the stolen police vehicle wound up in a body of water in the area of 2100 South and 875 West.

The La Porte County Coroner’s Office was called to the scene. We’ll provide more details as they’re made available.