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Pedestrian hit by law enforcement vehicle during Atchison Co. chase

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ATCHISON, Kan.,- A pedestrian was injured in an accident just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday in Atchison County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Chevy Tahoe patrol vehicle driven by Atchison County Undersheriff Joseph R. Butner, 64, Atchison, was northbound on Walnut Street in Atchison in pursuit of a bank robbery suspect.

The vehicle was attempting a legal intervention on a fleeing vehicle and struck Trevor Lee Kiehl, 21, Leavenworth, who was standing on the northeast corner of the intersection and off of the roadway.

Kiehl was transported to the hospital in Atchison. A man suspected of robbing the bank of Weston in Weston, Missouri was taken into custody.

 

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