MONTGOMERY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident during a police chase in Montgomery County.
Just before 8a.m. Monday, a police officer was running school zone traffic at 1st and McGee in Caney, according to a media release. This School Crossing is where most of the Caney students cross the street.
The Caney Officer clocked a black SUV at 80mph in a 20 mph school zone headed north on McGee Street.
It was later to be determined that the vehicle was a 2006 Jeep SUV belonging to Richard Bresson of Bartlesville Okla. Bresson was later identified as the driver of the SUV. The Officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but it continued at a high rate of speed northbound out of Caney.
The vehicle was observed running the stop signs at the 4 way stop at U.S.75 and U.S. 166 North of Caney before proceeding North on 75 Highway.
Caney P.D. continued to chase the vehicle at speeds up to 120 M.P.H. The suspect vehicle was driving erratically, weaving in and out of traffic, while continuing to attempt to elude officers.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the chase and set up stop sticks in the area of CR 3800 and 75 Highway. The suspect’s vehicle struck the stop sticks which flattened one tire on the fleeing vehicle but continued northbound on 75 Highway and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office took over the pursuit.
At the intersection of 75 and U.S. 160 the vehicle failed to negotiate the intersection and continued North at the T intersection. The suspect vehicle traveled north into a tree thicket, ultimately landing upside down.
The driver was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated from the vehicle by Independence Rural Fire, before being life flighted to a hospital in Tulsa, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The driver faces requested charges of driving 80 in a 20 MPH School Zone, 125 mph in a 65 mph zone; Reckless driving; Felony Attempt to Elude a Police Officer; Failure to yield at stop sign; Driving left of center; Passing in a no passing zone; Failure to maintain lane; Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle and Improper lane change.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Monday in Montgomery County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Jeep driven by Richard Damon Bresson, 38, Miami, Oklahoma, was being perused by law enforcement approaching the U.S. 75 and the U.S. 160 T Intersection one mile west of Independence, Kansas.
The driver failed to slow for the intersection. The Jeep crossed through the intersection, entered a tree line, rolled multiple times came to rest on its top.
Bresson was airlifted to St. John's Hospital in Tulsa. He was properly restrained, according to the KHP. Authorities did not released details on what prompted the chase.