Hutch Post

PRATT — Law enforcement officials in Pratt County are looking for two men who were in a pickup and led deputies on a high-speed chase Tuesday night.

The Sheriff’s office reported a deputy attempted to stop a 2000 Chevy pickup, traveling 80 miles per hour on Kansas 61 Highway about a mile north of Pratt just after 10:20 p.m.

The vehicle, occupied by two men, immediately turned west on NE 10th Street and entered a 30-mile per hour zone.

The truck continued at a high rate of speed, traveling in a zigzag pattern on many residential streets.

The deputy terminated the pursuit due to the risk factor of innocent persons.

A short time later, the Pratt Police Department located the vehicle and gave a brief pursuit, but the suspects immediately ditched the vehicle in the south end of Pratt and ran on foot.

Officers searched the area but the suspects were not located.