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Teen injured in a pursuit & crash Thursday night

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December 22nd, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Albia, Iowa) – A teenager from southeast Iowa was injured when the vehicle crashed Thursday night in Monroe County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 1999 Dodge RAM pickup driven by 21-year-old Trevor Joe Gundrum, of Eddyville, was attempting to elude law enforcement when the pickup left the road and entered a field. The pickup entered a pond in the field before it came to rest. The incident happened at around 8:05-p.m. near 1802 695th Avenue, near Albia.

Three occupants of the pickup were able to get out of the vehicle. CPR was performed on one of the passengers, 17-year-old Trenton Larry Gundrum, of Oskaloosa, before he was flown by LifeFlight to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Trevor Gundrum was taken into custody.

A second passenger in the vehicle released at the scene.