ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County Sheriff’s Department Cpl. Robert Wesley was on patrol in Monkton on the afternoon of May 15 when he saw a motor vehicle violation on Hardscrabble Road and attempted to stop the car.

The vehicle fled, Cpl. Wesley followed and found it a short distance later in a driveway on Boro Hill Road.

The vehicle fled again, and Wesley attempted to catch up again. While fleeing, the driver of the vehicle and lost control on a curve and crashed in a ditch. She got out and ran away.

While fleeing on foot, the driver fell and hurt her ankle; the sheriff’s deputy caught up and identified the driver as 42-year-old Jill Smith of Bristol.

The Bristol Rescue Squad was called to evaluate Smith, and they ultimately took her to the hospital as a precaution.

The Sheriff’s Department cited Smith for driving with a criminally suspended license and for attempting to elude police.

That wasn’t the only action that Cpl. Wesley saw last week.

The department reports that he was conducting speed enforcement on Swinington Hill Rod in Leicester on May 14 at around 11:45 a.m. when he observed a vehicle going 74 mph in a 40 mph zone. When he attempted to stop the vehicle, it fled and Cpl. Wesley followed it a short distance down Leicester Whiting Road before stopping because he decided it was unsafe.

The sheriff’s department posted photos of the car on social media and identified the driver. The department said it would follow up.

In other recent activity, deputies completed patrols in multiple towns and stopped 91 vehicles for various motor vehicle violations and fingerprinted 13 people for background checks.

The sheriff and his deputies also:

• On May 12 completed a background check at the Middlebury headquarters.

• On May 12 assisted the Bristol Rescue Squad with a medical call at Broadview Estates.

• On May 13 gave a hand to the Middlebury Area Rescue Squad with a call on Route 7 in Salisbury.

• On May 14 assisted state police with a welfare check on Route 17 in Starksboro.

• On May 14 helped Middlebury police in attempting to find a missing person.

• On May 14 assisted state police with a driving under the influence arrest on Blake Roy Road in Middlebury.

• On May 14 spotted two  malnourished horses on Hawkins Road in Ferrisburgh and contact with the owners. Deputies learned that the horses are recent rescues and their owners are working with a vet to get them healthy again.

• On May 15 assisted state police at a crash on Route 17 in Addison.

• On May 17 participated in “Big Truck Day” in Shoreham. A deputy ran the rollover car, which simulates what happens during a crash when occupants don’t wear their seatbelts.

• On May 17 transported a person from Middlebury to Brattleboro for an evaluation.