(KAIR)--Details are released regarding an Atchison Police pursuit turned-wreck that left a 15-year-old Atchison boy hospitalized in Kansas City, Kansas Friday.

According to a release from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, an officer attempted to stop a GMC pickup truck for traffic violations, at 10th Street and U.S. Highway 59, around 11:45 Thursday night.

Instead of stopping, it’s alleged the driver, identified by authorities as Christopher Horton, fled northbound on 10th Street, with Wilson saying that “because of the reckless driving of the fleeing vehicle, the pursuit was terminated.”

According to the report, the truck was spotted a short time later, eastbound on Harper Drive at 8th Street, with police deploying stop sticks at 3rd and Harper Drive.

Wilson said the truck continued driving despite running over the stop sticks, south on 2nd Street to Main, and then westbound on Main.
It was there, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol, that the truck left the roadway to the north and struck a building, with the impact of the crash forcing Horton to be ejected from the vehicle.

According to Wilson, Horton was first transported for treatment at Amberwell Atchison, and then transferred to the University of Kansas Hospital.

According to KHP, Horton was being treated for a “suspected serious injury.”

He was not buckled up when the wreck occurred about ten minutes after midnight Friday.

Wilson said “reports on the case are being submitted to the [Atchison] County Attorney’s Office.”