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Kansas man hospitalized after crash in stolen vehicle

photo Hutchinson Fire Department
photos Hutchinson Fire Department

RENO COUNTY – A Kansas  man was injured in an accident just after 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Reno County.

The Reno County Sheriff’s Department reported that police attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Marc Chambers, 44, Hutchinson. He fled the scene in the stolen vehicle.

Officers found him after the vehicle struck a tree in the 4000 Block of East Avenue G. Chambers was unable to exit the vehicle.

The Hutchinson Fire Department extricated Chambers from the vehicle and he was transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

Screen Shot 2016-03-08 at 7.59.20 PMChambers was not wearing his seatbelt and there was no airbag deployment.
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The accident remains under investigation.

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