SIDNEY, Neb. — An Oregon woman survived leaping out of a sport utility vehicle traveling along Interstate 80 in northwest Nebraska and now faces drug charges along with two others in the vehicle, the Nebraska State Patrol said Thursday.
The state patrol said troopers were called Tuesday morning to a reported theft and assault at a truck stop in Sidney. The suspects had left in a Ford Explorer, and a trooper spotted the vehicle a short time later. After the trooper tried to stop the SUV, it slowed to about 50 mph and a woman jumped from the vehicle and managed to start running.
Another trooper arrived who caught the woman, identified as Kaniya Coleman, 20, of Portland.
The SUV stopped on the eastbound freeway and troopers arrested the driver, Quavaria Griffin, 22, of Portland, and passenger Ellis Dickerson, 27, of Whitehall, Penn., the state patrol said.
