Road-rage driver, 50, arrested after she 'ran terrified woman off the road claiming to be a cop' days after being jailed for another crash

  • California driver Deidre Orozco, 50, is back in jail after she attempted to run two young women off I-80 near Sacramento
  • Five days earlier, she had been arrested for another hit-and-run
  • The victims say they 'feared for their lives' as Orozco swerved in and out of traffic to get their car to stop
  • When the victims stopped, Orozco faked being a cop and demanded the women roll their window down 

By MailOnline Reporter

Published: 16:28 EST, 23 December 2014 | Updated: 02:53 EST, 24 December 2014

A California woman's road rage landed her in jail twice in just five days.

Deidre Orozco, 50, is back in Roseville Jail after she allegedly attempted to run two young women off I-80 just northeast of Sacramento on Saturday.

Days earlier, she had been arrested and released because of another hit-and-run accident.

The victims of Saturday's event filmed Orozco yelling and honking as she swerved her huge silver truck into the women's tiny Mazda.

At one point, the video shows Orozco pulling her car in front of the victims — forcing them to stop — and claiming to be a highway deputy.

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Caught on video: Deidre Orozco, 50, is seen pushing two young women in California off the road and then blocking their path with her huge silver truck

Orozco, 50, was arrested on a slew of charges related to the road rage incident. That was her second traffic arrest in five days, the first being for a hit-and-run crash

Orozco got out of her vehicle and tried to convince the victims that she was a highway deputy (left). She was later arrested by the real cops and booked on traffic charges for the second time in five days (right)

One of the victims, passenger Delanie Strykul, says the incident started after Orozco cut them off twice, then slowed down to drive alongside their car.

'When she did that, I threw up my hands and flipped her off,' Strykul told CBS Sacramento. 

That got Orozco enraged, said the women, who 'feared for their lives.' 

'She pulls in front of us and then pulls her car horizontal and stops us,' Strykul told CBS.

The woman then gets out of her car and repeatedly knocks on Strykul's window, claiming to work in law enforcement. 

The young women manage to pull away — but Orozco gets back in the truck and begins to follow them, they said.

'She did the whole zig-zag in three lanes with her flashers on, kind of like what a police officer would do if they were trying to slow down traffic,' Strykul told CBS.

Orozco allegedly hit the women's car and tried to push them off the road, but they were able to get away again.

'We were so scared,' Strykul told CBS. 'If she had a gun it would have been way worse.'

Passenger Delanie Strykul (left) filmed the scary incident with Orozco and was eventually able to find the real cops to assist her (right)

They eventually called 911 and were told where a California Highway Patrol officer would be waiting for them.

Orozco followed them off the road and was arrested, CBS reported. She's charged with reckless driving, resisting arrest and assault with a deadly weapon.

Five days earlier, Orozco had been arrested for an alleged hit-and-run in nearby Roseville.

After the accident, police told the Auburn Journal, Orozco 'proceeded to drive to her relatives’ house where she threw rocks through the windows, vandalizing the home and issuing threats of bodily harm.'

Orozco is being held on $25,000 bond at Placer County Jail.

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