Name withheld by police

Suicide

An unidentified man died after he reportedly stabbed himself and was tasered following a police chase. Deputies pursued an Oldsmobile Bravada whose driver allegedly fled a traffic stop on US-54 at around 9:45 a.m. The chase continued south on I-135 and through South Wichita and Haysville before merging onto the Kansas Turnpike. The pursuit then entered Sumner County, where officers deployed stop spikes and a deputy performed a PIT maneuver to stop the Oldsmobile. Deputies reportedly found the man stabbing himself with a small folding knife, so they Tasered him to get him to stop. He died at the scene.