A stolen firefighter’s truck led to a chase, one arrest and two injuries early this morning, in Pottawattamie County. Pott. County Chief Deputy Sheriff John Reynolds told KJAN News a firefighter living just outside of Council Bluffs off McPherson Avenue, saw someone take his pickup truck at around 3:15-a.m.  and reported it. A sheriff’s deputy saw the vehicle top a hill and engaged in pursuit.

The chase ended when the pickup crashed near the Pine Ridge Apartments in Council Bluffs, a foot pursuit ensued. The suspect and deputy were both injured, when they fell into a ravine onto rip-rap (rocks). The deputy suffered injuries to his right arm and was transported to a hospital for treatment, then released. The suspect suffered from shoulder pain. A second suspect remains at large.

The Omaha Police Department’s K-9 unit was used to track one of the suspects into a sewer drain at around 3:30-a.m., after it was discovered a man-hole cover was pried off by the Elks Lodge near 380 McKenzie Avenue. Additional details are currently not available.The incident remains under investigation.