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Pacific Junction man injured in Council Bluffs dirt bike chase

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September 21st, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A chase in Pottawattamie County early this (Wednesday) morning ended with one person hospitalized for a head injury. Council Bluffs Police says at around 3:12-a.m., Officers observed three people on dirt bikes driving reckless in the area of 10th and 8th Ave. The individuals also saw the Officers and took off west bound down the alley way.

One of the subjects dropped the dirt bike and fled on foot. The other two subjects fled west bound on dirt bikes through the alley. Officers searching the area located a male subject lying next to a wrecked dirt bike in the 1200 block Alley way between 7th and
8th Ave.

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The driver of the dirt bike was identified as 19-year old Khadin Theisen, of Pacific Junction. Theisen had struck the railroad tracks with the dirt bike, lost control and fell to the ground suffering a head injury. He was transported by the Council Bluffs Fire Department in to University Nebraska Medical Center for treatment. A report on his condition was not immediately available.

The dirt bike was confirmed stolen.