Afp, Miami

A woman attempting to flee from Florida police on Friday burst through two security checkpoints on a road leading to US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, officials said.

Secret service officers fired shots as the black SUV breached the checkpoints, hitting the car several times but causing no injuries.

The driver did not stop and sped by the club’s driveway entrance, chased by the Florida Highway Patrol. Officers caught up with the car at a nearby motel, where the driver was arrested. Another woman in the car was not detained, and police said they believed she may have been picked up after the incident, CNN reported.

The president was not at the property at the time but is due to arrive later Friday, officials said. Police said they doubted the woman knew that she was even driving towards the president’s residence.

She had fled earlier when a police officer approached her vehicle after she was reported to have been acting erratically on top of her car in Palm Beach, a wealthy beach town.