Police are looking for a suspect who fled from a traffic stop and nearly struck another moving vehicle on the street Thursday night.
According to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester, an off-duty officer saw a 1998 Toyota T100 pickup driving southbound with no tail lights on in the 400 block of North Ohio and notified dispatch personnel, who sent a patrol officer to the area. The patrol officer initiated a traffic stop in the 1000 block of East Ash Street, but the driver continued westbound on East Ash Street, Forrester said.
A chase ensued on multiple streets in the neighborhood, but was terminated when the pickup almost struck another vehicle driving on East Elm Street, Forrester said. The pickup was last seen by the pursuing officer turning west onto East Iron Avenue, he said.
A short while later, an officer located the unoccupied pickup halfway in the street and halfway in a yard in the 900 block of Gypsum, Forrester said. The pickup was still running and the driver's door was open, he added.
Forrester said the registered owner of the pickup is believed to have been the driver.