The Kansas Highway Patrol was involved in pursuit, with one of their own patrol vehicles. Just after 12 p.m. on Saturday a Kansas Highway Patrolman was transporting 23-year-old Florida native Joshua Swartwout to an area detention facility.
Near Atwood on K-25 the trooper witnessed a motorcycle crash with injuries. The trooper stopped to help out with the crash. While the trooper was helping the crash victim, KHP says Swartwout gained control of the trooper's vehicle and drove off down K-25 while still being handcuffed behind his back.
Swartwout led police on a high-speed chase along K-25 until he exited onto westbound I-70. Troopers say at 12:40 p.m. Swartwout and the patrol vehicle came to a rest outside of Edson, Kansas after running out of gas. Investigators say Swartwout, who was still handcuffed, then fled on foot. He was captured shortly after the foot chase began.
The KHP says after being checked by EMS at the scene, Swartwout was transported to Sherman County Jail without incident. No one was injured during the incident.
