An Ark City man was injured Saturday as he attempted to flee from authorities in Sedgwick County, according to a report from the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Just after noon, the sheriff’s dept. was pursuing a subject on a 2008 Honda motorcycle in the area of Hoover and Pueblo. The motorcycle was northbound on Hoover and failed to negotiate a left curve where south Hoover becomes West Pueblo.
24-year-old Ryon C. Filtingberger then struck a curb and was ejected from the sport bike.
He was taken to Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital for treatment of what we were believed to be serious injuries. Filtingberger was not wearing a helmet, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
Filtingberger has a previous felony conviction, on a drug charge, in Cowley County from 2019.
(Filtingberger photo from Kansas Dept. Of Corrections)