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Posted: 12:04 PM- A woman was arrested under suspicion of aggravated assault Tuesday morning after she allegedly attacked the two passengers of the car she slammed into - all while naked.
The 38-year-old Sandy woman, who has a long history of mental illness, was driving near 7600 S. 460 East at about 7 a.m. when she intentionally hit a Bronco being driven on the wrong side of the road by a man who was looking for his cat, said Sandy Police Sgt. Victor Quezada.
After everyone got out of their vehicles, the woman began pushing, hitting and kicking the two men in the Bronco, police said. The woman got into the vehicle she hit and attempted to drive off. When it wouldn't go, she got out and retrieved her car keys and began walking.
She followed a 14-year-old girl who was walking out of a nearby house, until a bystander told the teen to get back inside, police said. The woman pounded and kicked opened the door of the house, police said. There was no relation between the woman and the people living in the house.
Police arrived, but said the woman accused them of being fake officers and resisted arrest. They quickly took her into custody.
Authorities admitted her into Alta View Hospital and later to the University of Utah Hospital where she is being evaluated.
The two men in the other vehicle suffered only minor scrapes.
Police arrested her on suspicion of aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident, trespassing and lewdness.
The incident was caught on tape by a security camera outside a house, Quezada said.