NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina’s Insurance Reserve Fund has paid a 63-year-old woman $15,000 after she claimed officers with the North Charleston Police Department “violently assaulted” her during a traffic stop.

Susan Pontenstein was traveling on I-26 just after 9 p.m. on March 21, 2024, when her car was spotted “recklessly driving out of a ditch at a high rate of speed,” according to police reports.

A North Charleston Police officer turned on his blue lights and sirens before attempting to pull over Pontenstein in her red Chevrolet Malibu.

In a dash camera video obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, Pontenstein did not stop for officers for just over four minutes. She is seen slowing down and moving to the shoulder of the road before returning back onto the in

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