A Kansas tractor-trailer driver is jailed following a high-speed chase in three northeastern counties where authorities say he forced motorists off Interstate 70 and deliberately rammed two vehicles.

The trucker, from Salina, was being held Friday in the Pottawatomie County jail in Westmoreland.

Authorities say the chase began late Thursday after the trucker rammed his 18-wheel semitrailer into a pickup on I-70 just west of Topeka. There were also reports the semi was forcing other vehicles off the highway.

The semi, followed by both the pickup and authorities, headed west. It exited I-70 at Kansas 99 and continued north through Wamego and the smaller town of Louisville, where it rammed a car.

The chase ended early Friday when the rig became stuck in a yard.