Police arrested a man Wednesday after they say he led them on a car chase that ended in a serious two-vehicle crash at the intersection of West Second and McDonald streets.

Patrick Joseph Shanahan, 47, of Olathe, was arrested Wednesday night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, according to Douglas County Jail booking logs. The incident number listed for his arrest matches the incident number used by the Lawrence Police Department for the chase earlier Wednesday.

Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Kansas Turnpike authorities alerted Lawrence police to a stolen tag that was recently spotted near the city, Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads said on Wednesday.

Police spotted the tag on a white van near the Kansas Turnpike exit on McDonald Drive and attempted to stop the vehicle, Rhoads said. The van took off and the officers pursued.

The van drove east on West Second Street and then looped around, backtracking west, Rhoads said. At the intersection of West Second and McDonald the van hit a four-door car in the intersection.

The van rolled and came to a stop upright, Rhoads said.

The driver tried to flee on foot but was soon caught, Rhoads said.

In all, the van held the driver and two passengers. All three were injured. The car held a driver and one passenger, Rhoads said. Only one of those two was injured.

One person from the van was flown by helicopter to an area hospital, while the other three were driven to hospitals by ambulance, Rhoads said.

Shanahan was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital before he was arrested on suspicion of felony flee and elude, possession of stolen property, reckless driving, driving while suspended and driving while intoxicated, Powell said.

Powell did not respond to additional inquiries asking about the conditions of all the other injured parties or whether the other two people in the van will face criminal charges.

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