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Bluffs Police no longer looking for vehicles involved in fatal hit-and run

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March 11th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Council Bluffs said late Thursday night they are no longer looking for a second vehicle possibly involved in Wednesday morning’s fatal hit-and-run accident on the Interstate 480 bridge. Authorities said investigators who have spoken with the driver of a Ford Explorer that was shown on media broadcasts, and that the driver is cooperating with law enforcement in the investigation. No other vehicles are suspects are being sought. The second drivers name is not being released at this time.

Earlier in the day, Thursday, Bluffs Police said they had located one driver and vehicle possibly involved in connection with Wednesday morning’s hit and run death of 29-year old Brett Randall Jensen, of Council Bluffs on the I-480 bridge. Their investigation at that point had led the police to believe that more than one vehicle was involved in the incident. Cameras showed the possible second vehicle (the aforementioned Ford Explorer) at the intersection of 35th St. and Broadway minutes before Jensen was struck on the interstate at around 2:18-a.m., Wednesday. His body was found in the far left lane of westbound traffic.

Traffic Investigators would like to thank the public for their tips generated by the release of information to the media.