A Shawnee man was seriously injured when a fleeing suspect side-swiped his vehicle near the Johnson-Wyandotte County line on Thursday, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Incident Details
Authorities took the suspect, an Edgerton man, into custody following the incident, which began with a traffic stop in far southern Johnson County and involved multiple local agencies.
The suspect, Jason W. Sisney, 27, was booked into the Johnson County Adult Detention Center. It is the third time he has been arrested in the last 90 days, according to court records.
A deputy attempted to stop a suspect vehicle from an incident that occurred in Edgerton. The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle around 11:22 a.m. on Thursday, but the suspect driver did not stop for the deputy and the deputy discontinued the attempt.
The Kansas Highway Patrol located the same SUV as it continued north on I-35 and again attempted to stop the driver. The suspect refused to stop, and the pursuit was again called off as the suspect’s SUV passed under I-635 in Overland Park.
Troopers said that at approximately 11:39 a.m., Sisney took the exit ramp to Lamar Avenue, ran a red light and crashed into the passenger’s side of a 2003 Mercury Grand Marquis. The driver of the Mercury, a 66-year-old Shawnee man, was trapped inside his damaged car after the crash.
Firefighters from Consolidated Fire District No. 2 safely extricated the injured driver, who was then taken to a nearby hospital by Johnson County Med-Act paramedics. Troopers said that the man sustained a suspected serious injury.
Sisney was taken into custody after the crash and was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Arrest and Charges
Online Johnson County Sheriff’s Office booking logs show Sisney was booked into the Adult Detention Center at 12:12 p.m. on Thursday. As of early Friday, he remains in custody on pending charges of felony possession and misdemeanor fleeing/eluding a police officer.
Original reporting: Johnson County Post (Overland Park) — read the source article.
