A police chase ended Friday night in a shower of broken glass and smashed cars at the intersection of Market Street and 24th Avenue Northwest after a suspect rammed a police cruiser with her pickup truck, sending the cruiser into the front of Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs.

Two other police cruisers then pinned in the suspect's vehicle, and arrested the driver, Lolita Marie Murr, 44, of Shoreline.

No serious injuries were reported, according to police.

Police believe Murr is responsible for a string of hit and run accidents that occurred within 10 minutes and stretched from the Ferry Terminal on Alaskan Way to Ballard, said police spokesman Sean Whitcomb.

At 6:20 a vehicle, whose description matches Murr's, hit an sport utility vehicle at the Ferry Terminal on Alaskan Way, and fled the scene. Four minutes later, reports came in of a hit and run at Pike Street and Western Avenue involving the same pickup truck and a UPS truck. The truck was next spotted driving north on the Ballard Bridge, speeding and going through red lights. Along the way, she reportedly hit five unoccupied, parked cars.

An officer spotted Murr's vehicle around the 5200 block of Shilshole Avenue and began pursuit up 24th Avenue. The suspect crossed Market and stopped just north of the intersection.

The officer stopped behind her, and was exiting his vehicle when Murr did something nobody expected.

"You could see the reverse lights go on," said George Tindall, who was crossing Market Street with his wife, Cindy Parry. "As soon as she made contact with the police (car), she gunned it."

Murr rammed the cruiser, knocking the officer to the ground, and sending the car smashing through the front window of Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs, which was closed. One employee in the back room was not injured.

Within seconds more police cars arrived, and boxed in Murr. Three police officers approached the truck with guns drawn, ordering the driver to get out and lie down. But Murr stayed in her seat.

"It was clear as hell what they were saying," Tindall said. He and other eyewitnesses moved for cover. "You didn't know what (she's) going to do."

"We all ducked," said Sue Spracklin, who was in her car westbound on Market Street, waiting for the light to change at the time.

Murr emerged from the vehicle, but refused to lie down. After a few tense seconds, officers rushed the woman; subduing and handcuffing her. She appeared to be uninjured.

The police officer Murr knocked down suffered only minor injuries, but "was lucky to walk away," Whitcomb said. His name was not released, but Whitcomb said he is a younger officer, with a year or two on the force.

One citizen was hurt by flying glass, but no other injuries were reported.

Police do not believe that drugs or alcohol played a role, and said the woman might have been suffering from "medical issues."