Woman is sentenced after suicide attempt

COLUMBUS (AP) -- A woman who threatened suicide by driving the wrong way on a freeway, narrowly missing several vehicles, has been sentenced to seven years in prison.
Marchelle S. Adams, 50, of Columbus, blamed depression and difficulties with her psychiatric medicine for the May 11 suicide threat.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Dale A. Crawford on Thursday rejected Adams' request for probation, sentencing her to four years for attempted felonious assault on a police officer whose cruiser she nearly hit and three years for felony fleeing. Adams pleaded guilty in September.
Adams led police on a chase on Interstate 71 that began with a phone call to a 911 dispatcher at 2:29 a.m.
"I'm going to drive my car the wrong way on the expressway and I'm pinning this [suicide] note to my chest. OK?" Adams told the dispatcher.
Motorists began calling police within 15 minutes of that call, saying a car was going north in the southbound lanes.
A pursuing police officer said the woman sped into oncoming traffic and cut across three lanes, almost hitting several cars. She then swerved into the path of another cruiser and the officer driving barely avoided a crash, according to a police report.
Adams pulled off the freeway and surrendered at a police substation. A suicide note, apologizing to relatives, was pinned to her chest.