SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect arrested after a chase and crash Tuesday afternoon in Shawnee County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a Toyota Camry driven by Robert William Moran, 79, Jamestown ND, was southbound on U.S. 75 just north of 35th Street.
A State Trooper was in pursuit of a vehicle driven by Robert Servantez, a 29-year-old convicted felon and absconder. Servantez’s vehicle was northbound in the southbound lanes, spun out and struck the Camry after the KHP patrol unit engage in a tactical vehicle intervention due imminent danger to the public.
The Camry attempted an evasive maneuver to avoid the oncoming vehicle and traveled into the west ditch.
Moran was transported to the hospital in Topeka. A passenger in the Camry was not injured.
Servantez is being held in the Shawnee County Jail. He has previous convictions for aggravated battery, theft and was an absconder, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections. He has done jail time in Nemeha, Saline and Wyandotte County, according to the KDOC.