A husband and wife from Warwick are facing charges after police say their vehicle ran over an officer’s foot and led local law enforcement personnel on a high-speed car chase from Cranston to East Greenwich.

Patricia Chivers, 33, 168 Underwood Ave., Warwick, is charged with assault, reckless driving/eluding a police officer in a high-speed pursuit, obstructing an officer in the execution of duty and operating with a suspended license.

Matthew Chivers, 29, of the same address, is charged with obstructing an officer in the execution of duty.

According to Cranston Police, the incident began when officers responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked in a field on Laten Knight Road in the western part of the city at approximately 7 a.m. on May 30. The reporting party told dispatchers that the two occupants of the vehicle appeared to be unconscious.

At the scene, officers located a silver Nissan sedan with Connecticut registration. After they made contact with the occupants, the operator – later identified as Patricia Chivers – suddenly drove off, and in doing so ran over the foot of one of the officers with the vehicle.

Police pursued the vehicle onto Hope Road and then into Scituate, Coventry, West Warwick and East Greenwich. Officers terminated the pursuit on Route 2 in East Greenwich “due to traffic congestion and an increase in speed,” according to Cranston Police.

As officers continued down Route 2, they saw the vehicle had crashed into another vehicle while turning west onto Frenchtown Road.

Patricia Chivers was apprehended quickly, while Matthew Chivers fled into the woods off Frenchtown Road. He was apprehended by East Greenwich Police and Rhode Island State Police at a nearby Dunkin’ Donuts a short time later.

The operator of the second vehicle in the accident at Route 2 and Frenchtown Road was transported to Kent Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. The officer whose foot was run over was treated and later returned to duty.

Patricia and Matthew Chivers are both additionally charged with three counts each of fraudulent use of credit cards, over $100, and conspiracy in connection with the alleged use of a stolen debit card to make purchases at Cranston businesses in January of this year.

Patricia Chivers was arraigned Friday and ordered held on $10,000 bond with surety on the charges related the May 30 incident and $5,000 bond with surety on the January charges. She was ordered held for violating the terms of her bail in the latter case. Records indicate she entered no plea during her appearance and she was referred to a public defender.

Cranston Police say Patricia Chivers was additionally presented as a bail violator in connection with an April charge out of Cranston for fraudulent use of a credit card, and that she was wanted on a bench warrant issued from Superior Court at the time of her latest arrest.

Matthew Chivers was also due to be arraigned Friday, but his appearance was reportedly delayed as he underwent a medical evaluation.

Cranston Police say he was to be presented as a probation violator related to the terms of a previous sentence on a charge of injuring or tampering with a vehicle.