A Lebanon woman died after her car was struck by a police cruiser chasing a stolen vehicle Tuesday night, police said.

Mary Taulbee was driving her 2018 Hyundai when she collided with another vehicle. The crash sent her vehicle into the path of a Moraine police cruiser and there was a second collision.

Taulbee, 57, was taken to Kettering Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries.

She was the mother of five grown children and a longtime real estate agent with Irongate Realtors, and her death has caused some to ask why police were conducting a high-speed chase in a busy area over a stolen car.

"You can replace a car," said Steven Brown, president of Irongate Realtors. "You can't replace Mary's life."

The complicated incident started with a Jeep being reported stolen out of Harrison Township near Dayton, Moraine police Sgt. Jon Spencer said.

Spencer said his department was informed the Jeep was being tracked and was entering his jurisdiction traveling south on Ohio 741.

Police attempted to pull the Jeep over, but it sped away starting the chase, officials said.

The chase was passing near the intersection of Ohio 741 and Carnation Drive when Taulbee's vehicle collided with a Chrysler 300. Police said neither vehicle was involved in the chase.

Spencer said it is not yet clear what caused the vehicles to collide.

The impact sent Taulbee and her vehicle into the path of Moraine police officer Matt Barrie's cruiser, Spencer said.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the crashes. The agency is expected to release some of their findings Thursday. Moraine police are investigating the events that led up to the crash.

The Jeep, driven by 18-year-old Alyssa Irwin-Debraux, continued through the intersection, but crashed into another vehicle and rolled over about a mile and half further south.

Irwin-Debraux was arrested and charged with receiving stolen property. She is scheduled to appear in Montgomery County court Thursday.

Barrie was hospitalized after the crash. He has since been treated and released from Kettering Medical Center. Officials said the other drivers involved with the incident did not suffer serious injuries.

"Mary would not be dead if the police car were not traveling at 80 miles per hour," Brown said calling for police to change their policy regarding chases in residential areas.

Brown said Taulbee, a Realtor with his firm for 22 years, was meeting a client in a neighborhood Tuesday when the crash occurred.

Brown remembered Taulbee as quiet, hardworking and extremely professional. He spent this week mourning with his employees and Taulbee's family, who have asked for privacy in the wake of her death.

"She was very highly respected, not only in our company but in our industry," Brown said. "For her, every deal was personal."

During her time at Irongate Realtors, she watched the company double in size and Brown said her success was due to her focus on people.

"I never heard her say anything bad about anyone else," he said. "[In business], she never walked away. She stayed with her clients."

"We hurt for the loss of our friend," Lily Peters wrote online. "The angels and our loved ones, that have moved on from this earth are rejoicing to have Mary with them, but we have a loss of someone that was very special to us."

Taulbee had five children, three girls and two boys, the youngest of whom is in college. She also had six grandson. She is also survived by her husband, David Taulbee. They were married 28 years, according to her obituary.

Visitation will be held at noon Friday at Kettering 7th Day Adventist Church on Stonebridge Road in Kettering. Funeral services begin at 2 p.m. Taulbee will be buried at Miami Valley Memory Gardens in Centerville.