Jake Lowary

jlowary@theleafchronicle.com

A Clarksville woman and soldier was arrested Sunday evening by Port Authority Police in Manhattan after she stopped her vehicle in traffic, turned into oncoming traffic and later hit an officer, according to a news release.

Joe Pentangelo, senior police public information officer, said Amber M. Johnson, 30, was driving a red Chevy Cruze toward New Jersey about 7 p.m. in the Lincoln Tunnel when she apparently stopped in traffic. Johnson then "told police she did not want to continue on to westbound to New Jersey," a report from the Port Authority Police said.

Johnson, who gave a Plymouth Road address, then reportedly turned around with her vehicle facing oncoming traffic. She locked the doors, rolled up the window and drove toward oncoming traffic, the report said.

Johnson then drove into one PAPD officer and knocked him to the ground, the report said. She continued driving for a few blocks before being stopped and arrested near Times Square.

The officer was treated for an injured wrist at a local hospital.

Johnson was charged with assault, unlawful fleeing and traffic offenses. Pentangelo said Johnson is a soldier.