The driver of a Corvette crawls out of a Corvette following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The driver of a Corvette talks to police officials following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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The driver of a Corvette is surrounded by CHP and Santa Ana police following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police cover a Corvette following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police talk to the driver of a Corvette following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)



Officials tend to the driver of a Corvette following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The driver of a Corvette is surrounded by CHP and Santa Ana police following a pursuit that ended in a standoff in the middle of Edinger Avenue near the Santa Ana Auto Mall in Santa Ana on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The car came to a stop in opposite lanes after crashing. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

SANTA ANA – The driver of a blue Corvette involved in a Monday afternoon, Jan. 29, chase and then a standoff with California Highway Patrol officers was removed from the car and taken by paramedics in an ambulance.

California Highway Patrol Officer Florentino Olivera said the incident started when the Corvette was seen by officers speeding up to 100 mph on the southbound 55 freeway at Chapman Avenue.

They tried to pull the driver, a 47-year-old woman, over and she initially slowed down and moved to the right but then sped off as officers were getting closer.

She continued driving until getting to Edinger Avenue, where she left the freeway – the pursuit ended when Corvette hit a sedan leaving the auto mall at Edinger at Auto Mall Drive at around 4:30 p.m.

The damaged blue Corvette rested in the lanes with several CHP vehicles surrounding it, and officers with guns drawn. The driver did not exit the Corvette, and SWAT vehicles drove up to the vehicle. Olivera said officers delayed approaching the vehicle, because they could not see inside it with the dark-window tinting.

At about 5:30 p.m., officers and paramedics approached the car, with the woman then put into an ambulance. Olivera said the driver of the vehicle the woman hit was also taken to a hospital for evaluation.