DOUGLAS COUNTY—Two wanted suspects were injured in an accident during a high speed chase and crash in Douglas County.
Just before 8p.m. Wednesday, a sheriff's deputy recognized a Maroon Jeep and the driver as someone wanted on an outstanding warrant, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's office.
The driver immediately began to evade the deputy and the pursuit was discontinued east of Lawrence.
Law enforcement later saw the Jeep in the 1700 Block of North 1500 Road where the driver evaded stop spikes and continued east on 1625 Road. The Jeep, traveling recklessly at a high rate of speed nearly caused a head-on collision with a Lawrence Police Department vehicle on East 11th Street.
Just after 8p.m., the Jeep was traveling too fast for the curve at 11th and Haskell Avenue. The vehicle left the road, struck an electrical box, a guy-wire, a fire hydrant and flipped onto its roof.
EMS transported the 29-year-old male driver and his 29-year-old female passenger to LMH Health for treatment. The driver had eight outstanding warrants and the passenger had four, according to the sheriff's department. When they are released from the hospital, deputies will book them into the Douglas County Jail. The sheriff's department did not release their names.