TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has been arrested after a police pursuit that ended in a deadly three-vehicle crash in Topeka.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the crash occurred early Thursday. Police say the victim, 34-year-old Mia Holden, was a passenger in a vehicle that the fleeing vehicle struck.

Three others suffered non-life threatening injuries, including the driver of the vehicle that was being pursued. Police said the driver was in a hospital later Thursday evening but would be booked on charges including first-degree murder.

Police say the pursuit started when the driver refused to pull over. Police say officers used tire deflation devices but the driver kept going. Authorities said the chase was moving at only 18 mph at times.

The crash shut down a busy intersection for most of the morning.

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TOPEKA – Law enforcement authorities in Shawnee County are investigating a suspect involved in a Thursday morning chase and fatal crash.

Just after 5 a.m. on Thursday officers with Topeka police attempted to stop a vehicle at Northwest St. John and Kansas Avenue, according to a media release.

The suspect’s vehicle initiated a slow-speed pursuit through north Topeka, crossed southbound over the Kansas Avenue Bridge and a hit law enforcement placed tire deflation device.

During the pursuit, the suspect’s vehicle was involved in an accident at Southwest 6th and Topeka Boulevard.

A passenger in the vehicle struck by the vehicle attempting to elude police was transported to a local hospital and died. The suspect and a second passenger in the collision received non-life threatening injuries.

Names of the victim’s have not been released.