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KHP: 1 hospitalized after crash during SW Kan. chase

DEERFIELD – One person was injured in an accident during a pursuit by law enforcement just before 6 p.m. on Sunday in Kearny County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Yamaha driven by Jesus Norbert Domingues-Diaz, 24, and a 2005 Suzuki motorcycle driven by Fermin Guadalupe Dominguez, 16, both of Spearman, TX, were westbound on U.S. 50 one mile west of Deerfield in active pursuit.

The Suzuki turned too fast attempting to negotiate a curve in the road. The motorcycle left the roadway to the left, the driver lost control and the motorcycle flipped numerous times, ejecting driver.

Dominguez was transported to Kearney County Hospital.

Domingues-Diaz was not injured. The KHP did not indicate what prompted the chase.

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