(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – Police in Council Bluffs say charges are currently pending against a man described as being a transient, following a car-jacking incident Wednesday night. Authorities report that at around 8:23 pm, officers responded to a carjacking in the area of North 16th street and Avenue G. It was reported that the incident began as an accident, in which the offender’s vehicle struck the victim’s vehicle from behind.

The male victim exited the vehicle to see the damage and the offender jumped in the driver’s seat of the victim’s vehicle driving away. The victim’s wife was in the passenger seat and fell out of the vehicle onto the roadway sustaining serious injury. The alleged suspect, 33-year-old Zachary White,  drove west towards Omaha and causing several accidents along the way. White was stopped by officers from Council Bluffs PD and the Iowa State Patrol using a PIT maneuver on the Iowa side of the I‐480 Bridge.

White was taken to UNMC for injuries he sustained during this incident of the accidents and carjacking. Police says White  will be charged with Robbery. Additional charges are pending at this time. The incident remains under investigation.