Pickup crashes into sorority; driver flown to hospital
A truck involved in a high-speed chase through the campus of KU crashed into the Chi Omega sorority early Sunday morning.
During a high-speed chase through the Kansas University campus early this morning, a small pickup crashed into the Chi Omega sorority house, sending a 23-year-old to a Kansas City area hospital.
According to Sgt. Susan Hadl, police were called about 2:30 a.m. today to the 500 block of West 14th street. The caller said that an unknown person had caused damage to a car and was making threats with a knife.
When police arrived, a pickup drove around the police and headed toward the KU campus. Police followed.
The chase ended at the Chi Omega sorority house, when the pickup crashed into the building.
The driver was flown by air ambulance to a Kansas City hospital, but there are no known life-threatening injuries, Hadl said. The driver’s identity was not released.
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