SAN ANTONIO -- A 17-year-old girl is accused of leading authorities on a high-speed chase for over 100 miles Friday while allegedly transporting more than a dozen undocumented immigrants, officials said.
The pursuit ended in Bexar County around 2:30 a.m. after deputies boxed her pickup in, officials said. The suspect, Selena Amanda Huitron, allegedly rammed three patrol cars before stopping and being taken into custody.
Authorities said Huitron was transporting 15 people, two of them children, who were in the country illegally. She is now expected to face three counts of aggravated assault of a public servant and one count of evading arrest with a motor vehicle -- all state charges out of Bexar County.
After the chase ended on Interstate 35 near Splashtown, Huitron and 10 of the passengers were taken into custody. Five passengers evaded authorities and had not been found.
Huitron and the 10 passengers were taken back to Webb County by Border Patrol officials, where it was initially thought she would face federal charges. Huitron is now expected to be extradited back to Bexar County to officially be charged in the state cases.
The chase, which reached speeds of nearly 100 mph, started in Encinal when Border Patrol officials started pursuing the truck north up I-35. Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies joined the chase when it reached the county.
One female BCSO deputy was bitten by a dog that had been brought to help with the investigation. It was not immediately known which agency brought the dog. The deputy was treated at a local hospital.
The Border Patrol is leading the investigation.
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