Mystery High-Speed Chase

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It's unknown what started the chase, but reports say it started around 41st and Peoria.  No records of the suspect exist at the Tulsa Jail.

TULSA, Oklahoma - A police chase in midtown Tulsa led to a fight between police and the driver.
Police said the whole thing started just near 41st and Utica and ended up at 41st and Harvard where the truck crashed into two other cars, coming to a stop.
Four people including the driver were hurt in the crash and taken to local hospitals, but not before things got ugly between the driver and police.
Punches were thrown after the police chase down 41st Street Thursday afternoon.
Police said 53-year-old Kenny Luerhing was behind the wheel of the red dually truck.


TULSA - One person was ejected from their vehicle as a result of a high-speed chase.
Wednesday afternoon, Tulsa police say traffic was temporarily blocked at 41st and Harvard after Kenny Luehring, 53, led them on a high-speed chase.
Police say Luehring stopped on the side of the road to fix a flat tire and when police stopped and attempted to help him, he sped off.  He drove through an intersection causing a Chevy truck and a Honda Civic to collide, ejecting one of the passengers from the truck.
Police say they have reason to believe Luehring was on drugs.
http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/tulsa-police-led-on-high-speed-chase-through-41st-and-harvard-one-person-ejected-from-vehicle


TULSA, Okla. — Some lanes blocked near 41st and Harvard after a police chase ended in a crash in the area.
FOX23 learned the man that started the chase is Kenny Leuhring.
Police say he was fixing a flat on his red truck near 41st and Utica when an officer stopped to help, but Leuhring took off.
That led to a two mile chase and a multi-car accident.

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http://iic.tulsacounty.org/InmateDetails.aspx?Id=20141120077

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A death a day from police chases
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/07/30/police-pursuits-fatal-injuries/30187827/

Police often suspect fleeing drivers are wanted for a serious offense. And they dislike letting a violator get away. During a chase police can be overcome by "a need to 'win' and make the arrest," which blinds them to the danger they are helping create, a 2010 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin reported.

Few drivers fleeing police are wanted felons, according to statistics and research. Most committed minor offenses and "made very bad decisions to flee," a 2008 paper by the Police Foundation said.

"We're not taking it seriously enough because we think that one day of training that an officer may have gotten in their academy is going to take effect 10 years later when a pursuit begins," said Maj. Travis Yates, the Tulsa expert on police chases. "Most officers will never fire their firearms ever, but we train one to four times a year" on using guns.