3 people injured, taken to hospital, after police chase results in two car crash in Jackson County.

Three persons were injured in a two-vehicle accident about 2 p.m. Thursday at 39th Street and Little Blue Parkway in Independence after a brief police chase.

Before the wreck, a motorist called 911 and reported seeing the driver of another vehicle assaulting a female passenger. The female tried to get out of the vehicle as it traveled along Noland Road. Officers tried to pull over the vehicle as it continued east on 39th Street, but the driver refused, said a police spokesman.

The vehicle continued on 39th until it collided with another vehicle at Little Blue Parkway. The driver and the female passenger in the first vehicle and the driver of the second vehicle were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Their conditions were not immediately available. Police are continuing their investigation.