(Oskaloosa, Iowa)-  A pursuit Tuesday night in southeast Iowa resulted in a crash, and a central Iowa man being flown to a hospital in Des Moines. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2011 Chevy S-10 pickup driven by 52-year-old Laverne F. Brackett, of Indianola, was being pursued by state troopers westbound on Highway 92 near Dean Avenue, just outside of Oskaloosa, when the vehicle went out of control near Dean Avenue. The pickup ended-up facing eastbound in the westbound lane before it was struck by a 2023 Dodge Durango pursuit vehicle driven by 38-year-old Jacob C. Vanderpool, of Mt. Pleasant.

Brackett was injured in the crash and flown by Mercy Air to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. The crash occurred at around 11:45-p.m., Tuesday. The incident remains under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol. It was not immediately clear what initiated the pursuit.