SALINE COUNTY – A Kansas man is facing jail time after he is released from the hospital.

On Sunday afternoon, Police attempted to stop a 1997 Buick Regal driven by 33-year-old Jacob Deckert of Concordia, in the 600 block of E. Iron in Salina for speeding, according to Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

When the officer turned around Deckert drove off and a brief chase ended in an alley between Iron and Gypsum Avenue when the car hit a pole and parked SUV.

Deckert crawled out the window of the car and ran from the scene. He was apprehended by an officer on Penn Avenue.

Deckert will face several traffic charges when he is booked into jail.

He remained hospitalized Sunday for treatment of a broken nose.