Prairie Village Police arrested a man after an hour-long search early Tuesday morning.
Recorded radio traffic indicates that an officer reported a white Ford van tried to get away from him and hide in the neighborhood near 69th Street and Belinder Road in Mission Hills at 1:03 a.m.
The officer located the van again on 73rd Terrace, just west of Belinder Road in Prairie Village at 1:17 a.m., near Belinder Elementary.
Radio traffic states that the driver jumped out and ran south between houses.
The van rolled backward down a hill and crashed into the front of a police vehicle with a police officer in it. The officer reported that his airbags were deployed and said he was not injured.
Officers from Prairie Village, Mission Hills, Leawood and Westwood set a perimeter around the neighborhood as a Lenexa K-9 unit searched for the suspect.
Officers located and arrested the suspect nearby in the 7400 block of Cherokee Drive at 2:31 a.m.
The suspect, only identified as a man in his mid-30s, told officers he had asthma and needed an ambulance.
Johnson County Med-Act transported the suspect, in police custody, to an area hospital for treatment.
Check back with this report for updates as more information becomes available from the police.
Mike Frizzell is a freelance crime and fire reporter who runs Operation 100 News.
