Talk about a blind date from Hell.

Saturday night started out with hope and promise for a Walker County woman, but ended abruptly when her date was stopped by lawmen, pushed her from the car and then led deputies on a chase.

A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy just after 8 p.m. on Saturday stopped a Mazda at I-22 and Cherry Avenue, with a male and female inside. The driver - later identified as 22-year-old Jesse Allen Elliot of Hayden - told the deputy that he did not have his license with him but offered a name and date of birth.

The deputy returned to his patrol unit to verify the information he was given. It was at that moment, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian, that the woman was pushed from the car and Elliot took off.

The deputy pursued the car into Walker County but called off the chase because Elliot was driving erratically and causing danger to other motorists.

Another deputy went and picked up the woman who had been pushed out of the vehicle. She wasn't injured. "She told deputies that she had just met the suspect and, in fact had been on a blind date with him when they were stopped,'' Christian said. "She was given a ride to her home."

The information Elliot gave deputies was false. He has outstanding misdemeanor warrants and a suspended driver's license, and faces additional charges of driving with a suspended license and attempting to elude.

Elliot remains at large. "I think these two are off to a bad start,'' Christian said, "and whoever fixed her up has some explaining to do."