UPDATE: 9:00 p.m.

The pursuit of an elderly man who refused to stop for police on Highway 97 Thursday was the opposite of a high-speed chase.

Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth of the Penticton RCMP says police located the driver in Summerland after receiving "lot of calls" about the man driving erratically and with a flat tire.

When the man refused to pull over, police pursued him, at speeds of about 15 km/h.

The man was eventually stopped using spike belts, and arrested.

"He was checked out by paramedics on scene and seemed to be OK," said Cpl. Wrigglesworth. "He was taken up to the hospital for further checks, because it just didn't seem to make a lot of sense.

"We suspect that there's something medical there."

Cpl. Wrigglesworth says if there were no medical issues involved in the incident, the man could face "a number of charges under the Motor Vehicle Act and the Criminal Code."

ORIGINAL: 7:30 p.m.

A bizarre police chase involving a laughing elderly man on Highway 97 led to an arrest Thursday evening.

Several police vehicles blocked the highway in both directions, just north of Penticton, at 6:50 p.m. and told drivers there was a police chase ongoing.

Within minutes, a white Dodge Ram travelling southbound approached, running over a spike belt that was put across the highway by the RCMP.

The driver of the truck kept going, despite all of his flat tires, and he went on to run over a second spike belt.

Police eventually surrounded the truck as it slowed, and arrested the driver.

The elderly man behind the wheel was reportedly "laughing hysterically" as he drove by the road block and the line up of cars stopped on Highway 97.

The incident that prompted the chase is unknown at this time.

- With files from Chantelle Deacon