The pursuit of a vehicle that began in Pottawattamie County early Sunday morning didn’t end until a little more than an hour later, in northern Guthrie County. According to dispatch reports during the pursuit, the suspect vehicle tried to elude a Pott. County Deputy at around 12:45-a.m., by driving through a cornfield and a barbed-wire fence before getting onto York Road and turning north onto Highway 59.

In Shelby County, the vehicle traveled at speeds of nearly 110 miles per hour, and blew through stop signs in Harlan before continuing north, and eventually turning east onto Highway 141 around 1:14-a.m.

The vehicle continued eastbound and finally ended just west of Highway 4 (east of Bagley), at around 1:50-a.m.  Multiple law enforcement agencies took part in the attempt to stop the driver, who was said to have possibly been under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. At least two law enforcement agency vehicles were disabled during the chase, when they ran over stop sticks meant to disable the suspect vehicle. The suspect’s vehicle ran over the stop sticks at one point, but kept going until it was near Bagley. No injuries were reported.

It’s not clear what prompted the traffic stop. Additional details – including the driver’s name and charges – were not immediately available. Among the agencies we know of that participated in the effort to stop the driver, was: The Pottawattamie, Shelby, Guthrie, Crawford and Carroll County Sheriff’s Departments, the Iowa State Patrol, Harlan Police and others.