Man arrested after leading police on chase, crashing into car near Old Town

A Wichita man was arrested Wednesday night after leading police on a chase and then crashing into another car near Old Town, police said.

Marshall Lane, 40, was arrested on suspicion of felony evade and elude, driving under the influence and on a Kansas Department of Corrections absconder warrant, officer Charley Davidson said in a news release. Davidson said that at around 7:30 p.m. police tried to stop the driver of a Ford Focus with an illegal tag near 25th and Grove, but the driver took off.

Police deployed a tire deflating device, but the driver avoided them, records show. The chase was later called off because of dangerous speeds by the driver, police said.

“Lane continued to drive erratically and collided with a Gray Mitsubishi Mirage at North Indiana Avenue and East 1st Street,” the release says. “The 49-year-old driver of the Mirage was not injured. Officers arrived and arrested Lane without incident. Lane and a 32-year-old male passenger in the Focus were also uninjured.”

Lane has prior convictions for theft, the release says.

This story was originally published April 2, 2020 at 12:35 PM.