{"id":1752186,"date":"2022-11-26T14:18:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752186"},"modified":"2022-11-26T14:18:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T19:18:46","slug":"florida-police-prevent-woman-from-causing-mass-casualty-event-by-driving-through-5k-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-police-prevent-woman-from-causing-mass-casualty-event-by-driving-through-5k-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Police Prevent Woman From Causing \u2018Mass Casualty\u2019 Event By Driving Through 5K Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-police-prevent-woman-from-causing-mass-casualty-event-by-driving-through-5k-course%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752186&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities in Florida said that they stopped a woman from causing a \u201cmass casualty\u201d event on Thanksgiving when they say she tried to drive her SUV through a Turkey Trot course that had thousands of people on it.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) said that it happened early Thursday morning when 38-year-old Ashlee Lauren Morgan drove her Range Rover at a high rate of speed and approached officers who were parked near a bridge with their emergency lights on, Fox 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/police-stop-st-pete-woman-from-driving-range-rover-into-path-of-runners-in-thanksgiving-day-race\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMorgan was observed driving recklessly south on Coffee Pot Boulevard Northeast, approaching the Snell Isle Bridge,\u201d the department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/florida-woman-drove-into-5k\/42071038\">said<\/a>. \u201cThree officers made contact with her, requested her credentials, she refused, and fled the scene of the stop at a high rate of speed onto the racecourse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officers tried to stop Morgan before she drove past them and onto to the road where approximately 3,000 people were participating in the 5K race.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that Morgan \u201crefused, ignored commands of \u2018stop!\u2019 and fled the scene of the stop at an extremely high rate of speed, onto the actual racecourse, further putting the lives of runners\/race participants at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police further said that Morgan had \u201cacknowledged\u201d a law enforcement officer but gave a dismissive hand gesture when she decided to drive off.<\/p>\n<p>When she was confronted by an official saying that she was driving on an enclosed road, she became enraged, police said.\u00a0Officers were later able to stop her.<\/p>\n<p>Police added, \u201cIf it were not for the officers at the intersecting gaining the defendant\u2019s attention, and forcing her to stop, she would have ignored all traffic safety obstacles strategically placed at the intersection, and barreled through the intersection causing mass casualty to race participants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The North Shore Elementary PTA, which hosted the 5K run, released a statement expressing \u201cgratitude\u201d for the actions of the police department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the North Shore Elementary PTA, we would like to express our gratitude to the St. Petersburg Police Department for their quick actions to protect participants in yesterday\u2019s Coffee Pot Turkey Trot 5K from a reckless driver,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOur race planning committee works closely with the St. Petersburg Police Department on route management, course safety, and communication of street closings. This incident underscores the importance of those efforts. Yesterday\u2019s Coffee Pot Turkey Trot 5K was carried out safely and successfully and we thank the police for their work and our participants for entrusting us with their safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2022\/11\/26\/florida-woman-accused-of-driving-recklessly-toward-turkey-trot-racers-while-leaving-scene-of-crash\/\">charged<\/a> with reckless driving, fleeing and eluding police, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, and resisting an officer without violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Florida said that they stopped a woman from causing a \u201cmass casualty\u201d event on Thanksgiving when they say she tried to drive her SUV through a Turkey Trot course that had thousands of people on it. 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