Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County say two Council Bluffs men were transported to the hospital following  a chase and crash of their vehicle Tuesday morning. According Sheriff’s Investigator, Lt. Dwayne Riche, at around 9-a.m. Tuesday, the Pottawattamie County Communications Center put out a broadcast for Pottawattamie County Deputies to be on the lookout for a white Chevy Malibu hatchback. Vehicle was last seen on Hwy 191 southbound with two occupants. Vehicle and subjects reportedly had been involved in a theft of a snow blower in Persia, in Harrison County.

A Pottawattamie County Deputy patrolling in the area of 400th and Tamarack acknowledged the broadcast and proceeded north to 385th and Tamarack. At this time the Deputy went to make his turn around at Shelby when he observed a vehicle matching the broadcast description. The Deputy observed two occupants and the chute of a snow blower in the back seat. The Deputy was able get behind the vehicle on East St. in Shelby. He activated his emergency lights to initiate a traffic stop.

The driver of the vehicle accelerated to a high rate of speed and the Deputy activated his emergency siren in an attempt to get the driver to stop. The driver of the fleeing vehicle turned west onto Tamarack and north at 362nd St. onto a snow covered gravel road. The fleeing vehicle proceeded to the T-intersection of Whippoorwill Road at which time the driver lost control wrecking the vehicle into a cornfield north of Whippoorwill Road.

Driver, 43-year old Michael Meehan, and his passenger, 68-year old Edward Spurling, both of Council Bluffs, were transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, for injuries suffered from the accident. Spurling was treated and released, while Meehan remains hospitalized.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office investigation is ongoing at this time. Charges are pending in Harrison and Pottawattamie County.