Man in custody following pursuit in Holts Summit Sunday morning

HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man was taken into custody on Sunday after allegedly leading law enforcement on a chase in Holts Summit and crashing into a police vehicle.

According to a press release from the Holts Summit Police Department, police learned that the Jefferson City Police Department was attempting to a stop a vehicle in reference to a missing child around 11 a.m.

Holts Summit police learned the vehicle was driving away from JCPD and entered the city limits of Holts Summit. The vehicle continued driving west on Simon Boulevard from U.S. Highway 54.

The release states the vehicle appeared to have crashed near the intersection of Simon Boulevard and South Summit Drive. As police attempted to assist in the traffic stop, the vehicle attempted to drive away, reversing into the front of a Holts Summit police vehicle, the release says.

The suspect tried to drive away again onto South Summit Drive.

Holts Summit and JCPD were able to stop the vehicle near the intersection of South Summit Drive and City Plaza Drive. The man was taken into custody without further incident. The child was found safe inside the vehicle.

Multiple police vehicles were damaged in the incident. No injuries were reported.