A chase that began on Interstate 94 in LaPorte County ended more than 20 miles later when a Porter County sheriff’s officer executed a PIT maneuver that shoved the fleeing car into a concrete-median barrier near the Ripley Street exit on I-94 in Lake County on Sunday afternoon.

Aliexis Bou, 19, of Waukegan, Illinois, was being held in the Porter County Jail on a level 6 felony charge of resisting law enforcement and additional misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and possession of marijuana.

The pursuit of the 2005 Honda Civic with an Illinois plate was started by LaPorte County law enforcement at the 37-mile marker on I-94. Porter County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Estrada was in the area of Indiana 149 and U.S. 20 at 1:33 p.m. when he was advised of the pursuit proceeding west on I-94 from LaPorte County.

Law enforcement from LaPorte County terminated their pursuit at the Porter County line. Estrada was positioned in the median at the 21-milepost on I-94 when the westbound Honda Civic with four passengers whizzed by. Estrada said he saw the Honda weaving in and out of lanes without a turn signal, according to a report. He turned on his emergency lights.

“Once I was behind the vehicle, we continued westbound at a high rate of speed in excess of 100 mph according to my certified speedometer,” Estrada’s report said.

Sgt. Michael Piazza, of the Porter County Sheriff’s Department, joined the pursuit in an unmarked vehicle.

While approaching exit 15, the Honda slowed down to exit and Sgt. Piazza executed a Precision Immobilization Technique maneuver that forced the Honda to hit the concrete barrier and come to a stop.

Two Indiana State Police units also arrived and the four women occupants were ordered out of the vehicle.

Six dispensary packages of marijuana weighing 114 grams were found in the vehicle. Bou acknowledged that she was the owner, the Porter County Sheriff’s report said.

Bou and one of the female passengers were taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart for treatment of injuries and released. Bou was then taken to the Porter County Jail.

Jim Woods is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.