SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — Police in the Kansas City suburb of Gardner, Kansas, say four people were injured in a crash involving a 15-year-old boy who had fled after striking a police officer.

An officer was checking on a car Saturday night when the driver suddenly sped away, striking and slightly injuring the officer.

Kansas Highway Patrol troopers later chased the suspect on Interstate 435 before he lost control of the vehicle trying to avoid an officer’s spike sticks.  The car sideswiped one, and then crossed into oncoming traffic which it collided head-on with another vehicle.  That vehicle left the roadway and overturned in a ditch.

The suspect was taken a hospital. Three other people, including a toddler, also were injured. The medical statuses of the injured were not immediately available Monday.

There was no immediate word about any charges.