INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have identified the second victim of a plane crash in south-central Iowa’s Warren County. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 23-year-old Neil Jackson, of Jerome, Idaho. He and 22-year-old Alex Winter, of Indianola, Iowa, died when the Piper PA-11 crashed Friday just north of Indianola, near Laverty Field.

A Federal Aviation Administration report says Jackson was a licensed commercial pilot for single-engine airplanes, and Winter was a student pilot. The two were on a training flight when the plane went down. The crash cause is being investigated.

Council Bluffs Police arrested a man on Eluding, Reckless Driving and OWI/1st offense charges, following a pursuit that began at around 12:30-a.m. today (Thursday). 59-year old David Lanegan, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after the vehicle he was driving became stuck as he tried to drive through a median.

The incident began when officers initiated a pursuit on a vehicle after it nearly struck a police cruiser and was driving erratic in the area of N. 16th St and Avenue F, in Council Bluffs. Officials say Lanegan was suspected of being intoxicated.

He failed to yield for officers and continued north on N. 16th St onto Interstate29 north, where the vehicle attempted to drive through the median and got stuck. Lanegan was booked into Pottawattamie County Corrections on the charges mentioned.

Other than damage done to the suspect vehicle upon it attempting to drive through the median, no injuries or property damage are believed to have occurred.

A Sioux City man is jailed in Clarion after he allegedly set a house on fire early Tuesday morning. 21-year old Luis Antonio Huerta Valdez is charged with first-degree arson after setting fire to the house in the 1000 block of South Commercial in Eagle Grove. When police and firefighters arrived, they assisted the residents of the house as they jumped from second story windows.

A total of 11 people, including two police officers and a firefighter, were transported to area hospitals for treatment of injuries ranging from smoke inhalation to severe burns. Bond for Huerta Valdez was set at $100,000. The State Fire Marshal’s office has been called in to assist Eagle Grove authorities to further investigate the cause.

(Radio Iowa)