(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A man riding a motorcycle was seriously injured Saturday afternoon, during a collision with a Dodge pickup truck. Council Bluffs Police reports the crash victim, 18-year-old Reese Schlotfeld, of Council Bluffs, was transported by rescue squad to the UNMC in Omaha. A report on his condition was not released. Police say he’s one of the same motorcyclists suspected of fleeing from police about 5-minutes earlier.

Authorities say about at about 4:25-p.m., a Council Bluffs Police Office attempted to stop two motorcycles on Frontage Road near the 3600 block of W. Broadway. When the officer activated his cruiser’s emergency lights and siren, the two cycles drove off-road through an open field, away from the officer. At that point, the chase was terminated and the officer turned-off his emergency equipment before going back into service on patrol. The last known siting of the motorcycles by police, was in the 3400 block of Avenue A.

At around 4:30-p.m., authorities were notified about a personal injury crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck at 26th and Avenue A.  Witnesses said the motorcycle were seen driving recklessly on Broadway and through residential yards at high rates of speed. A report of a black SUV (Not a police cruiser) was seen following the cycles at one point. The case remains under investigation by the Council Bluffs Police Special Operations/Traffic Unit. Charges are pending in the case. The driver of the pickup truck, 50-year-old David Petersen, of Council Bluffs, was not injured.

Anyone with information about the owners/operator of the black SUV, should call 712-328-4948.