By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Salina Post
Early this morning at 2:43 a.m., a Salina Police Department officer located a vehicle with no license plate at the 1100 block of North Ninth Street. The car, a blue 2013 Honda Accord, fled as the officer attempted to stop the driver.
From there, the driver, 26-year-old Salinan Skyler McKay, sped north on Ninth Street toward Interstate 70 and turned eastbound until Niles Road, when McKay exited and went south.
At the 1300 block of Niles Road, he drove through a field and returned to the road to go back north to I-70.
McKay fled eastbound on I-70 into Dickinson County, where Dickinson County Sheriff deputies deployed a spike strip, which McKay dodged going into oncoming traffic.
From there, Salina Police Department sergeant Kyle Tonniges said Salina officers ended the pursuit and let the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office take over.
According to Tonniges, Dickinson County eventually arrested McKay and returned him to Salina Police Department custody.
Dickinson County deputies found McKay in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia after they managed to stop him.
The requested charges against McKay include —
● Felony flee and elude
● Felony interference
● Possession of methamphetamine
● Possession of drug paraphernalia
● Reckless driving
● No proof of insurance
● Two counts of failing to yield at a stop sign
● One count of improper signal use