ATCHISON COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a vehicle theft that led to a high-speed chase.
Just after 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, police in Atchison, Kansas, were notified that a stolen 2012 Ford 250 two-tone brown truck, which had been reported stolen to the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Department on Monday, was headed towards the city of Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.
A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper reported he was in pursuit of this stolen truck southwest of Atchison. This pursuit continued west of Atchison and eventually the trooper lost sight of the fleeing truck.
Authorities later saw the vehicle near 17th and Country Club Road. The truck went southbound on 17th Street, across Main Street to Chestnut Street, left the roadway and struck a residence in the 1700 block Chestnut, according to Wilson.
The truck continued to 18th and Main, traveled west on Main, came back into Atchison headed eastbound on Main Street, struck a moving vehicle at 14th and Main and a second moving vehicle at 10th and Main. The truck continued to 4th and U.S. 59 where it crossed the Amelia Earhart bridge into Missouri.
Police recovered the truck later on Monday on Old Highway Road adjacent to Highway 45, just south of Sugar Lake.
The Atchison Police Department and the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Department have a joint investigation underway as leads are being followed in an attempt to make an arrest.