Kansas City car chase ends on Chiefs parade route

An impaired driver taking a "joy ride" Wednesday (5 February) along the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade route was put into a forced spin by law enforcement officers who then arrested the driver and another person at gunpoint, according to officials and video footage of the incident.

Clay County Sheriff's deputies threw out Stop Sticks and several patrol cars surrounded the car and stopped it as it approached the crowd near Union Station around 08:15 local time. Officers took the two people in the car into custody and no one was injured.

Mayor Quinton Lucas said an impaired driver was taking "a joy ride" and the incident was not terrorism-related. He praised the quick response of the officers who responded, who were cheered by the football fans who witnessed the incident.