(Update to our report posted Saturday night)

A pickup truck being pursued by a Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy crashed Saturday night, injuring two young men. Dispatch reports during the chase indicated the pickup reached speed of up to 100 miles per hour, but for the last few miles was about 75-80 mph on the gravel. The Iowa State Patrol reports 18-year old Justin Dickinson, of Harlan, was the driver of a 1994 Dodge Dakota pickup that went out of control and rolled over south of Jacksonville, at around 8:45-p.m.

The Patrol says the pickup, which was traveling northbound at a high rate of speed during the pursuit, entered the west ditch at the intersection of Shelby County Road M-56 and Highway 44. The vehicle hit an embankment before rolling over and coming to rest on its wheels. Dickinson, and his passenger, 17-year old Nicholas Haner, of Council Bluffs, both of whom were wearing seat belts, were injured during the crash and transported to Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, by Medivac Ambulance.

While dispatch reports at the time of the crash said one of the males was critically injured and was to be flown to a trauma center, the State Patrol could not confirm that information early this (Sunday) morning. Harlan Fire and Rescue and deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Patrol at the crash scene.

Another, separate accident happened minutes later about two-miles north of Harlan on Linden Road, where a vehicle went into a ditch. No injuries were reported.