ATCHISON COUNTY— One person died and three were injured in an accident just after 2a.m. Monday in Atchison County.
According to Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, an officer on patrol observed a vehicle driving recklessly at 6th and U.S.59 Highway. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle and the vehicle fled north on 4th Street.
The officer lost sight of the vehicle but subsequently located the vehicle which had left and road and landed on its top in a residential in 900 block North 4th Street.
One passenger identified as Jacey Paris, 20, Atchison, died in the accident, according to Wilson.
EMS transported the driver of the vehicle, Brandon Mann, 22, Atchison, and two passengers, age 15 and 16, to area hospitals. Mann and Paris were not wearing seat belts, according to the Kansas Kansas Highway.