A sophomore from Ashland City, Tenn., is facing four felony charges after she was arrested by Louisville Metro police on I-65 south of Louisville.

Allison A. Fitzhugh faces four counts of wanton endangerment after almost hitting two parked police cars and a construction worker, police reported.

She was arrested shortly after 2 a.m. on April 9.

Fitzhugh also faces charges of endangering the life of a passenger in the car she was driving, the report stated.

Wanton endangerment in the first degree, a Class D felony, involves circumstances that manifest extreme indifference to the value of human life, engaging in conduct that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person, the law states.

Additional charges include driving under the influence, possession of marijuana, resisting arrest and menacing officers, said Officer Phil Russell, public information officer for Louisville Metro police.

Police said Fitzhugh drove at a high rate of speed in a construction area of an I-65 southbound ramp from I-64 west, almost hit a parked police car and then hit about 10 to 15 traffic cones.

She then drove into a closed traffic lane coming within 25 feet of a second parked police car, the police report stated.

Just past the second police car, Fitzhugh almost hit a construction worker sweeping the lane, police said.

The report said that Fitzhugh’s car stopped after running into the concrete center median.

She then got out of her car and ran toward the officer “in a threatening manner,” the report stated.

The officer ordered several times for her to stop and get on the ground, police reported.

Fitzhugh refused and the officer used a Taser to stop her, police said.

A Taser is a weapon that fires a 50,000 volt electronic “non-lethal” defensive force from several feet away and drops attackers with 100 percent effectiveness, states the Web site Tazers.com.

Fitzhugh continued to resist officers when she tried to slip out of the handcuffs by bringing her hands from behind her back and under her legs in order to bring her hands to the front, police reported.

She admitted to officers that she had been smoking marijuana and during a search of the vehicle, officers found a “large bag of marijuana,” the report stated.

She was transported to the Louisville Metro Correctional Unit and released the same day on a $1,000 cash bond, according to a Metro Corrections official.

Lexington sophomore Chelsea Lamb has known Fitzhugh for two years and is her roommate.

She said that Fitzhugh is one of the most outgoing, friendly and creative people she has ever known, adding that “this pretty well sums her up.”

“If you ever met her, she would put a smile on your face,” Lamb said.

Fitzhugh’s mother, Debra, said Allison had been dealing with depression, the death of her grandmother in March and the stress of work and school.

Debra Fitzhugh said Allison is hospitalized and undergoing treatment.

“Allison just snapped,” she said. “She’s not like that.”

Debra Fitzhugh said that her daughter is a loving person who would do anything for her friends.

Fitzhugh also does volunteer work in her church, her mother said.

Reach Larry Rowell at news@chherald.com.