Posted February 28, 2025 06:17am
(KNZA)--Two Leavenworth County residents were injured Thursday afternoon after the motorcycle they were on collided with another vehicle during a police pursuit in north Lawrence.
According to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, a southbound motorcycle driven by 26-year-old Dillon Herken, of Easton, was being pursued by law enforcement on North 2nd Street . Herken made a lane change and rear-ended a SUV.
Herken and his passenger, 27-year-old Leavenworth resident Brooke Hislar, were both transported to a Topeka hospital for the treatment of suspected serious injuries.
The Patrol says the pair were wearing helmets when the crash occurred around 3:15.
The driver of the SUV, 70-year-old Oskaloosa resident Marsha Neilson, and her 17-year-old passenger, from Independence, Missouri, were not hurt.
Details surrounding what lead to the pursuit were not immediately available.