POCAHONTAS COUNTY, Iowa (KTIV) – A pursuit in Northwest Iowa, Tuesday morning, crossed two counties, and ended with the suspect driver eluding capture in a field. The incident began when a sheriff’s deputy saw a flatbed truck being driven erratically westbound, on Highway 3 in Humboldt County. When a deputy tried to stop the 2012 Chevy 3500 truck, it sped-off and continued on Highway 3 into Pocahontas County. The truck was reported as stolen earlier that morning to the Story County Sheriff’s Office.

In an attempt by the driver to avoid stop sticks that were deployed by Pocahontas County Sheriff Deputies, the truck entered a farm field near the intersection of Highway 3 and N-65. The vehicle drove through soybean and corn fields for nearly a mile before getting stuck in a ditch near the intersection of 530th Street and N-65 (290th Avenue) – in Pocahontas County – between Pocahontas and Gilmore City.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s office says a perimeter was set up and drones were used but they say the suspect could not be found because of the thick cover in the corn fields. The contents of the truck will be sent to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation in Ankeny for testing.