Kansas man hit deputy vehicles before wrecking in fatal pursuit

Update Thursday:

The fatal crash on Monday in Montgomery County started when the driver slammed head-on into the patrol cars of deputies who had stopped to attend to a deer that had been struck by a vehicle, the Associated Press reported.

According to the AP: the collision disabled one patrol car and damaged the other. The emergency lights of both vehicles were activated at the time of the crash.

Original Tuesday:

A 24-year-old Kansas man died Monday night in a chase with officers.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash log, Robert Scott Jackson of Coffeyville was driving a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500 at a “high rate of speed” during a chase a few miles north of Coffeyville, in Montgomery County. When 4550 Road went from pavement to gravel, Jackson lost control, entered the east ditch and struck multiple trees. The chase occurred around 11:30 p.m.

The crash log does not say what started the chase or indicate why Jackson would have run from officers.

This story was originally published December 24, 2019 at 9:07 AM.