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Suspect leads deputies on low-speed moped chase in Clay County [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s one of the slowest pursuits you’ll see that covered a lot of terrain.

An approximate 10-minute Clay County pursuit after a Vespa moped with less than 50cc went through neighborhoods down major roads and through multiple parks.

It started simply enough, two men on a moped ran an Avondale stop sign just before midnight Sunday night.

“They assumed they were just going to pull them over it’s not safe write them a citation something like that,” Sarah Boyd, Clay County Sheriff’s public relation manager, said.

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Audio from the deputy’s dash cam demonstrates the deputy’s disbelief, “Red scooter two white males. I don’t know if he’s going to stop actually,” the deputy said.

But soon the Clay County deputy would figure out the men weren’t stopping and were attempting to out run them.

The deputy kept fellow …

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