LEWISTON — A woman was shot in the neck by police Tuesday after a chase through the city that ended in a crash on Central Avenue behind Raymond A. Geiger Elementary School. Police say officers fired after the driver tried to run over at least one officer. Her gunshot wound was not life-threatening, police said.

The chase began around Walnut and Howard streets when officers attempted to pull over a dark green 2005 Chevrolet pickup driven by Kristy Cookson, 28, of Manchester for driving erratically, Lewiston Police Chief Michael Bussiere said.

Cookson refused to pull over and ended up speeding down Central Avenue, Bussiere said.

She lost control of the vehicle on a right-hand curve before she crashed into a parked vehicle at 384 Central Ave.

The driver’s side of the car was smashed in and the back window was shattered. The momentum of the crash pushed the first car into the two cars parked next to it, but the damage to those cars appeared minimal.

Bussiere said officers got out of their car and asked Cookson to get out of her vehicle, but she continued to try to drive away. At some point, Bussiere said, officers shot at Cookson because she tried to run over at least one of the officers. She backed up into a tree and officers removed her from the truck. Bussiere said they may have used a Taser.

Cookson suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and was treated before being taken by ambulance to Central Maine Medical Center for nonlife-threatening injuries, Bussiere said.

“I heard the sirens; I heard the crash and I heard the (truck) in reverse,” said Judy Cousins, who lives in a second-floor apartment at 384 Central Ave., where the accident took place.

“Police were flying everywhere,” she said.

Cousins and other residents of the apartment building said between three and five shots were fired.

The truck showed minimal damage.

Bussiere said Cookson has a long criminal history that includes several OUI convictions. He said charges — which will include several felonies — will be filed Wednesday.