PRATT, Kan. — Sheriff officials in Pratt County are still on the lookout for two men who were in a pickup and led deputies on a high-speed chase late Tuesday night.
Sheriff officials say it started at approximately 10:20 p.m. when a deputy attempted to stop a southbound vehicle, a 2000 Chevy pickup, traveling 80 miles per hour on K-61 Highway about a mile north of Pratt.
The vehicle, occupied by two men, immediately turned to the west on NE 10th St. and entered a 30 mile per hour zone, but continued at a high rate of speed, traveling in a zig-zag pattern on many residential streets. The deputy terminated the pursuit due to the risk factor of innocent persons.
A short time later, the Pratt Police Department located the vehicle and gave a brief pursuit, but the suspects immediately ditched the vehicle in the south end of Pratt and ran on foot.
Officers searched the area for some time, but the suspects were not located.
The case is still being investigated by the Pratt County Sheriff’s Office.