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Susan Hunt, the mother of Darrien Hunt — whose son was shot and killed by Saratoga Springs police in 2014 — was charged Friday with misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence and reckless driving for a Tuesday episode in which she collided with a Utah Highway Patrol cruiser in Tooele County.

The 52-year-old Saratoga Springs woman also was charged with disorderly conduct and driving on the wrong side of the roadway, which are infractions.

The charges were filed in Tooele County's justice court. No court dates had been set as of Friday morning.

Hunt — who appeared to be suffering from a medical problem, as well as impairment, according to a UHP report — was taken to a hospital after the Tuesday crash.

The report says that the trooper was looking for a "reckless driver" about 11 p.m. Tuesday after a passerby on State Route 73 reported a westbound vehicle was swerving on the road, according to UHP. The trooper turned on his overhead lights as he found a car moving in and out of the southbound lane while traveling north on State Route 36 in Stockton, the report says.

The trooper pulled up next to the car as it was traveling north in the southbound lane and got Hunt to slowly move back into the northbound lane, the report says.

"The driver would not stop and was heading toward some homes on the east side of the road," the trooper says in the report. "At the time, I feared the driver would crash into a house and injure herself and residents in the homes."

He maneuvered his patrol car in front of Hunt's vehicle, and the driver side of her car "made contact" with the passenger side of the cruiser, the trooper says in the report.

"It just missed me," the trooper is heard saying on dashcam video of the incident.

The dashcam video shows the trooper confronting Hunt, but it cuts off when she begins speaking because she discusses private medical issues, according to UHP Sgt. Todd Royce. He said Hunt appeared to be suffering from a medical problem, but there was evidence of impairment apart from that.

The report says the trooper smelled a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Hunt and saw a case of beer and an open can of the beverage on the passenger floor. The trooper talked to Hunt for 13 minutes, trying to get her to exit the vehicle on the passenger side. She refused to exit and tried to start the car.

The trooper grabbed Hunt's right arm and she tried to hit him in the face, the report says. Another trooper helped the first one remove Hunt from the car. She was put in handcuffs and taken to a hospital by ambulance.

At one point, Hunt told a trooper he was "evil" and that she wished his children would die.

A citation was issued to Hunt on Tuesday, which was followed by the formal charges filed Friday.

Hunt's 22-year-old son Darrien Hunt was shot in a parking lot in September 2014 after a 911 caller reported seeing a man carrying a sword. Darrien Hunt's family said he was cosplaying as a favorite manga comic character when police approached him. Police said he was speaking with them when he pulled out his sword and lunged at them. The two officers chased him and shot him multiple times.

She settled a criminal case in September with a diversion agreement after an alleged altercation with a Saratoga Springs officer in October 2014.

The agreement calls for the charges to be dismissed if Hunt follows certain conditions during a six-month diversion period, which ends on March 11, including obeying all laws and completing grief counseling.

As a result of new charges against Hunt, the prosecutor who handled her diversion agreement could request the court to dissolve the agreement and reinstate the case. That prosecutor, Morgan Cummings, who was hired by Saratoga Springs to avoid any potential conflict, declined to comment Friday and referred questions to the city.

Saratoga Springs spokesman Owen Jackson said it would be up to Cummings to decide how to proceed with Hunt's 2014 case.

In connection with the death of Susan Hunt's son, Saratoga Springs has offered her a $900,000 settlement, the acceptance of which has become the subject of a federal court dispute.

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