A 57-year-old Pasco man was arrested early Monday after leading police on a slow-speed chase in a stolen car in downtown Pasco, officials said.

Two patrol cars sustained minor damage during the chase, Pasco police Capt. Jim Raymond told the Herald.

The incident began when officers tried to stop the green Taurus around 2 a.m. near Third Avenue and Park Street for a possible DUI investigation, Raymond said.

The passenger jumped out of the car and took off running, then the driver, later identified as Christopher John Quandt, drove away.

Near Fourth Avenue and A Street, an officer attempted to strategically hit the car to cause Quandt to stop, Raymond said.

Quandt, however, then tried to drive between two cruisers that had blocked him in, causing damage to a second car.

The officer inside the car that Quandt hit suffered a minor head injury from the impact, Raymond said.

Quandt was booked into the Franklin County jail on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle, attempting to elude police and vehicular assault.