(KAIR)--Details are released regarding the Atchison Police pursuit that left an Effingham man dead early Sunday morning.
The victim is identified by the Kansas Highway Patrol as 45-year-old Raymond Bosch, Jr., who died after his vehicle ran off the road on the west side of Atchison and smashed into a retaining wall.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson tells MSC News the pursuit began when an officer, westbound in the 2000 block of U.S. Highway 59, spotted an eastbound vehicle, driving left of center, coming towards him.
The officer turned around and attempted to stop Bosch's pickup truck, which Wilson says was driving on the wrong side of the highway.
The pickup drove north on 14th Street to Main Street, and then went west on main, refusing to stop for the officer.
According to Wilson, the Officer began to back off of the pursuit at 19th and Main Street, but continued to travel west, several blocks behind the westbound pickup truck.
According to the Patrol's report, Bosch failed to maneuver a curve in the 2200 block of Main Street, which sent the pickup onto a private residential lawn, where it struck a retaining wall and rolled over.
Bosch, who died in the wreck, was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Patrol's report.
The fatal wreck happened shortly after 1:00 Sunday morning.
Editor's note: below is the initial story published after the KHP completed it's preliminary investigation.
