South Lake Tahoe Woman Faces Slew of Charges after Hit and Run

A 22-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman remains jailed Tuesday evening on charges of hit and run, resisting, DUI and assault with a deadly weapon. Alejandra Lopez was driving westbound on Highway 50 in the vicinity of South Tahoe Middle School at 9:20 a.m. Tuesday morning when the series of events occurred that landed her in a cell at El Dorado County Jail. Lopez is accused of splitting the two westbound lanes with her car, hitting the cars in each lane. The drivers of the two cars which were hit got of their vehicles after the accident when Lopez tried to run one of them over. As she drove away, the second victim followed her in their car.

South Lake Tahoe Police Sgt. Shannon Laney told South Tahoe Now that Lopez was followed by the victim to Golden Bear Trail where law enforcement conducted a traffic stop. The charge of hit and run stems from the original accident, the assault with a deadly weapon is due to Lopez allegedly trying to hit one of the accident victims with her car and resisting is due to her refusing to submit to an alcohol and drug test.

She is in jail in lieu of $44,500 bail.

Nobody was injured in the accident.