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Exclusive: Innocent Woman Sideswiped During Pursuit In Pomona Speaks Out

"I look at that video and I go, OMG, my guardian angel has earned their wings 10 times over," said Steger.

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July 28, 2022

Lillian Steger was on her way to Pomona to pick up her husband from work when a construction truck dragging a road sign trailer pulled up right beside her.

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"I look at that video and I go, OMG, my guardian angel has earned their wings 10 times over," said Steger.

Desperate to lose the numerous police cars tailing him, the driver, 32-year-old Freddy Baltazar, sideswiped Steger on the westbound I-10 Freeway at the Towne Avenue off-ramp as he tried to get onto surface streets.

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