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‘It happened so quick,’ police chief says of deadly crash in downtown Wichita chase

By: Jason Tidd & Amy Renee Leiker, kasnas.com

A downtown police chase that ended in a fatal crash was tragic but likely didn’t violate any department policies, Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said Monday.

“Four and a half blocks is an awfully quick time,” Ramsay said. “It’s every officer’s nightmare that they make the wrong decision in these circumstances and something like this happens. We know that our officers are also deeply impacted by this.”

The crash happened about a minute after an officer tried to stop a stolen SUV Sunday afternoon.

Full story: https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article230089924.html