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KHP trooper injured after road rage incident, police chase

photo Newton Police
photo Newton Police

NEWTON- Law enforcement authorities in Harvey County are investigating a suspect involved in road rage incident.

Just after 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Harvey County 911 received a call from a woman who reported a vehicle following her after she left visiting family in a local retirement home, according to a media release from police.

The woman reported the other vehicle collided with her at 1st and Main in Newton.

The victim drove around the block in an effort to get away from the other vehicle, but found the car waiting for her at 3rd and Main.

The victim remained on the phone with 911 and continued northbound.

The vehicle continued to follow and caused another collision near 12th and Main Street.

The panicked woman reported that she pulled into a restaurant parking lot at the north end of Newton, where it appears the suspect may have caused a third collision.

As officers arrived in the area, the suspect vehicle fled the scene.

Officers and Deputies chased the vehicle north on Main Street and then southbound on Intestate 135.

A Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper deployed road spikes near 1st and Interstate 135.

Unfortunately his hand became tangled in the cordage attached to the spikes and caused an injury when the suspect’s car ran over the spikes. The suspect continued southbound at speeds near 80miles per hour with three flat tires.

The suspect’s vehicle crossed into Sedgwick County where a deputy had another set of spikes deployed.

The suspect’s vehicle unexpectedly veered to the right, entered the ditch and it rolled.

The driver, a woman in her late 20’s, according to police, was treated by EMS at the scene and released to law enforcement custody.

She is being held at the Harvey County Detention Center where she has been booked on numerous charges including aggravated battery, felony flee and elude police, reckless driving, DUI, among others.

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