PETTIS COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri woman is accused of driving her car at a sheriff’s deputy and then crashing into another car during an incident late Wednesday night.

Pettis County Sheriff Brad Anders says Saline County dispatchers notified joint communications in Pettis County of a wrong way driver heading southbound on U.S. 65 Highway in the northbound lanes of traffic just after 11:15 p.m.

As deputies responded, radar indicated the vehicle was driving head on toward a deputy at 90 miles per hour, Anders said. The deputy evaded the collision.

A second deputy successfully deployed stop sticks near the intersection of 65 Highway and HH, disabling three of the four tires. Eventually, the GMC Yukon, driven by 32-year-old Lauren Ngaue, continued onto Highway 765 and struck head-on a

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