Defiance Man Leads Police On Wild Chase

A Defi­ance man lead police on an early morn­ing pur­suit through Williams and Defi­ance coun­ties on Fri­day.

The high­way patrol reports that offi­cers tried to pull over a pickup truck that had been stolen in Bryan.

28 year old Tyler Kun­sman was behind the wheel when the truck was involved in a hit-skip acci­dent in Williams Cen­ter that hap­pened Fri­day morn­ing around 5.

The pur­suit only lasted about 20 min­utes, finally end­ing at Lock­wood and Coy roads in Defi­ance County’s Delaware Town­ship. Kun­sman was taken into cus­tody. Police report that Kun­sman was injured by fly­ing glass, so he was taken to ProMed­ica Defi­ance Regional Hos­pi­tal, and then trans­ferred to Toledo Hos­pi­tal.

The inves­ti­ga­tion is con­tin­u­ing today.