A Salina man was arrested on multiple requested charges after a pursuit through part of the city Sunday morning.
Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester reported this morning that at 9:05 a.m. Sunday, an officer attempted to stop a blue 1995 GMC 1500 pickup in the 200 block of Oakdale Drive, as no license plate was displayed.
The officer initiated his lights and siren as the vehicle did not stop, and a pursuit ensued as follows.
Southbound on South Oakdale Drive
Westbound on Center Street at speeds around 50 mph
Northbound on Santa Fe Avenue and through the Salina Regional Health Center parking lot to South Eighth Street
Northbound on South Eighth Street
Westbound on West Mulberry Street
Northbound on South Ninth Street, where speeds reached 70 mph, and at one point the driver passed a vehicle on the right
Westbound on Hamilton Avenue where the vehicle was traveling too fast to negotiate the turn at Hamilton and struck the curb and went up into a yard
The vehicle came back into the street and pulled into a driveway in the 1100 block of North 12th Street
It then turned south and drove across a vacant lot and back southbound onto North 12th Street
Eastbound on West Harsh Avenue at approximately 40 mph
At the intersection of West Harsh Avenue and North 10th Street, an SPD patrol vehicle had just pulled into the intersection and was struck by the blue pickup on the passenger side rear. The pickup traveled up into the yard at 1000 North 10th Street and was disabled.
According to Forrester, the driver exited the passenger side door and fled on foot. He was apprehended a short time later in the back of 1000 North 10th Street. The driver was identified as Dallas Backman, 27, of Salina.
The patrol vehicle, a 2020 Ford Explorer, had disabling damage to the passenger side rear, Forrester noted. The officer was treated for a concussion and soreness from the crash and released, he added.
Requested charges for Backman include the following, according to Forrester.
Felony flee and elude
Felony reckless driving
Aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer
Criminal damage to property
Failure to stop at an accident
Failure to yield to emergency vehicle
Driving without a driver’s license
No proof of insurance
No seat belt
No vehicle registration