'It happened so fast': A woman describes the moments her car was hit during a high-speed chase in Knightdale

WRAL News spoke with a woman after her car was hit during a high-speed chase on Wednesday in Knightdale. She described the scary moments, saying her car was spun around.
Posted 10/22/2025, 7:27:04 PM Updated 10/22/2025, 8:00:08 PM

Hey OK

Oh I'm glad I'm OK man

It scared the crap out of us

I mean scared the crap

we were coming through the light

My light turned green

I turned right and um all of a sudden this

car came out of nowhere and hit us and spun

me up on the curb and then I saw him

go across over there and turn around backwards and spin

around and um the next thing I knew all these

cops were chasing him

So so so you you guys are just it's like

about Chick fil A so you were just at Chick

fil A and then yes and we were coming out

and um it happened so fast

He was driving crazy

fast

Yeah no because he he ran the red light

The light was red

He ran the red light

There was a lady that was behind me that

to make sure that we were OK and said that

we exchanged numbers and stuff because she said she saw

it all

Um my light was I said my light was green

and she said yeah your light was green the other

one was red

He ran it and then all the police came behind

him

So I thought it was strange that the cops kept

going and then I figured it out the chase

Fine we're good

We just got a scrape on my elbow

She's good

I'm just gonna watch her tonight make sure she's OK

Otherwise we're good we were just scared

Yeah yeah thank God he got the front of my

car and knocked my door

Not your normal Wednesday though I guess it's not

It's your granddaughter's birthday to her and it's her birthday

today so

we've been cleaning all morning and doing stuff and just

ran out to get something to eat and come back

home

This happened Not expecting

Yeah

Debra Steplefield

Yeah D E B R A S T U V

V L E F I E L D

I live in Raleigh

Well over the bridge

Yeah yeah

Oh

I've had a wreck before where somebody's ran into the

back of me on 40 with traffic but not like

this that it spun us and hit us around

Um but not no not like this