Sabra Swan has been charged with 13 criminal counts after driving the wrong way on a one-way and hitting multiple vehicles on Oct. 15.

Swan is charged with:

• felony count of assault with a weapon
• two felony counts of criminal endangerment
• misdemeanor count of aggravated fleeing/eluding a peace officer
• misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, first offense
• three misdemeanor counts of reckless driving
• misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash
• three misdemeanor counts of obstructing a peace officer
• misdemeanor count of resisting arrest

According to court documents, dispatchers received a report at 8:25 a.m. Oct. 15 of a driver passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle sitting in the southbound lanes of 15th Street North at River Drive.

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Swan woke up and continued driving southbound, eventually going the wrong way on 15th Street as the roadway splits into two separate one-ways of 15th and 14th, around 8:30 a.m.

Swan was driving a black extended cab pickup.

Multiple 911 callers reported that Swan was driving the wrong way on 15th Street North, striking three vehicles and mailboxes along the way. She did not stop after any of those collisions “but plowed recklessly ahead,” according to charging documents.

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One of the vehicles she hit, at the intersection of 15th and Central Avenue was pushed into another vehicle and the driver of that vehicle was transported to the emergency room for resulting injuries to her arms, according to court documents.

“Two other victims of these crashes reported fear of serious bodily injury as Swan’s vehicle barreled at them wrong way on the one-way,” according to court documents, and the combined damage to vehicles she hit exceeds $5,000.

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Swan continued driving the wrong way on 15th Street and a Great Falls Police officer attempted a traffic stop near the intersection with 5th Avenue South, but Swan continued on, nearly colliding head-on with another vehicle, according to court documents.

At that point the officer attempted a PIT maneuver, or precision immobilization technique, in which an officer forces the pursued vehicle to turn sideways by striking it at an angle near its rear, causing it to spin out and come to an unplanned stop, according to court documents.

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As two officers exited their patrol vehicle to talk to Swan, she put her truck in reverse backing up quickly toward one of the officers, who had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid being struck, according to court documents.

Both officers were in police uniform and were in a marked patrol vehicle with lights and sirens activated.

Swan then continued southbound into oncoming traffic on 15th Street on to 10th Avenue South, where she again drove away from a second attempted PIT maneuver, according to court documents.

A third PIT maneuver was conducted on Swan’s truck in the 1700 block of 10th Avenue South, causing the vehicle to enter the parking lot of the U.S. Bank.

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Swan again attempted to dislodge her vehicle from the patrol vehicle as officers exited their vehicle and ordered her out of her vehicle. She reversed again and another officer used his patrol vehicle to push Swan’s into the first patrol vehicle, pinning her in place, according to court documents.

Swan did not comply with commands and officers had to “forcibly extract” Swan from her vehicle and she was placed face down on the ground in the parking lot, continuing to resist arrest by pulling her arms in front of her body and tensing her arms to avoid being handcuffed.

Swan was rambling and confused, telling officers that she takes medication for seizures, according to court documents.

She has no known criminal history other than four traffic tickets, mainly for speeding.

Swan made an initial appearance in district court on Oct. 16 and the judge set her bail at $25,000, as requested by the prosecution.

*Photo courtesy of the Cascade County Attorney’s Office/charging documents