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Chase in western IA ends in Missouri River 2 suspects caught, 1 missing

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October 30th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Two people were in custody and a third was at large after a vehicle chase ended in the Missouri River Wednesday afternoon. The Omaha World-Herald reports the incident began at around 1:45-p.m., when officers with the Missouri Valley Police Department attempted to pull over a pickup occupied by two men and a woman for speeding. According to Pottawattamie County Chief Deputy Sheriff John Reynolds, the truck — which was hauling an all-terrain vehicle on a trailer — fled, leading officers on a chase down Old Lincoln Highway.
At one point sheriff’s deputies deployed stop sticks, but the driver continued, eventually taking Old Mormon Bridge Road to northbound Interstate 29. The pursuit continued to the Honey Creek exit, where the suspects fled west on Rosewood Road, eventually driving over a levee and into the Missouri River, ATV and all.  Sgt. Dwayne Riche with the Sheriff’s Office said the suspects got out of the truck and authorities pulled one man and the woman from the river.
The other man floated down the river, and a police helicopter overhead eventually lost sight of him. Authorities have not yet released the names of the two in custody.