photo by: Kim Callahan

A police chase on North Second Street on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, ended in a fiery motorcycle crash.

A high-speed chase in North Lawrence on Thursday ended with a motorcycle on fire, one person being loaded into an ambulance and another person in handcuffs.

Police were chasing two people on a motorcycle heading south on North Second Street toward downtown Lawrence at high speed, when the motorcycle struck the back of a car and crashed in the 600 block of North Second Street, catching fire.

At the scene of the crash on North Second Street, one person was being loaded into an ambulance and police were putting another person in handcuffs. An eyewitness said the person being loaded into the ambulance was still breathing.

The fire was extinguished by people from nearby businesses using a fire extinguisher. About 10 emergency vehicles were at the scene.