Chase ends with car hitting ditch, rolling; 4 in hospital as precautionary measure

Update 10:10 a.m.:

Four people were taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure after a Sedgwick County deputy struck their vehicle, causing it to go into a ditch and roll, which ended a short chase that started Wednesday morning near Haysville.

Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Lt. Tim Myers said a neighbor called 911 at 7:39 a.m. about four people going in and out of a house in the 8400 block of South West Street. As deputies were en route, the neighbor told dispatch the four people left in a silver car.

The car was spotted just south of the residence, Myers said.

The chase ended less than a mile later, Myers said, after the driver turned east on West 87th Street South. A deputy struck the back bumper of the car, causing it to go into the ditch and then roll.

EMS was called at 7:50 a.m., according to a dispatch supervisor.

Myers said he expects the four people, two men and two women, to be taken into custody later today. The two women were ages 28 and 29. One man was 24 years old. Myers did not know the age of the man driving the car.

Original 8:30 a.m.:

Four people had minor injuries Wednesday morning after the vehicle they were in crashed during a chase with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, according to a dispatch supervisor. The crash happened near Haysville.

The supervisor said the chase started at 7:47 a.m. around 8400 Southwest Street. The vehicle crashed less than 2 miles away, near 87th South and Meridian, and Emergency Medical Services were called at 7:50 a.m., he said. The supervisor did not know what started the chase or how the vehicle wrecked.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

This story was originally published November 27, 2019 at 8:49 AM.