RUSSELL COUNTY -Three people from Tennessee face a variety of charges after Wednesday afternoon’s high-speed chase in Russell County.
According to Trooper Tod Hileman of the Kansas Highway Patrol, the driver of the car, Bianca Dreher, 21, Clarksville, Tenn., was arrested on suspicion of fleeing and eluding, driving under the influence of drugs, and transporting an open container.

The two passengers — Raymond J. Harris, 37, Clarksville, and Earnest E. Roberts, 24, Memphis, Tenn. — were arrested on suspicion of fleeing and eluding and transporting an open container. The two also had warrants out of Tennessee for parole violation, Hileman said.

The incident began Wednesday afternoon when a KHP trooper clocked the passenger car doing 90 in a 65 mph zone. After checking the vehicle’s tag numbers, the trooper discovered it was sought in connection with a missing person report.

The high-speed chase that resulted ranged from the Russell-Barton county line to 3 miles south of Russell, where a second trooper deployed spike sticks and flattened all four tires on the car.

Hileman said the car wen about a mile on rims before stopping, adding that Harris and Roberts ran from the car when it came to a halt. Dreher surrendered immediately.

The KHP trooper who deployed the spike sticks apprehended one of the subjects, and the Russell County Undersheriff caught the other.

Hileman said the flagged license plate number was for Dreher, who had been reported missing and was being sought for a welfare check.