Six Kansas Highway Patrol troopers line up behind a gold van at Clinton Parkway and Kansas Highway 10 after a chase along U.S. Highway 40 from Topeka.

A Monday afternoon police chase with speeds topping 120 mph ended in Lawrence, police said.

Around 1:15 p.m. Trooper Adam Simone of the Kansas Highway Patrol said he tried to pull over a van in Topeka that was reported stolen from an area dealership.

Six Kansas Highway Patrol troopers line up behind a gold van at Clinton Parkway and Kansas Highway 10 after a chase along U.S. Highway 40 from Topeka.

The van, a 2012 Chrysler Town and Country, immediately fled, Simone said.

The driver, a Topeka man in his mid-20s, began heading eastbound on Interstate 70, Simone said.

Police chased the suspect, with speeds well over 100 mph, north on Kansas Highway 4 and then east on U.S. Highway 40 toward Lawrence, Simone said.

“Just before the city limits another trooper was able to hit their vehicle with a spike strip and deflate one of their tires,” he said.

The damaged vehicle then turned south on Kansas Highway 10 and drove until Clinton Parkway where it came to a stop on the exit ramp, Simone said.

The driver was arrested and booked into the Shawnee County Jail, Simone said. The passenger, a Topeka woman, was released at the scene.

“We determined she played no role in the whole thing and was just an innocent person in the van,” Simone said.

No further information was immediately available.