In an update to our report Saturday, the Council Bluffs Police Department said today (Monday) a man who was injured during an accident Friday night, has died. 59-year old Edward Abraham, of Council Bluffs, died at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, where he was being treated for his injuries, and/or other possible medical conditions.

The accident happened at around 7-p.m. Friday, in the 3000 block of 9th Avenue, when a vehicle driven by Abraham rear-ended an unoccupied, parked Ford Crown Victoria. When emergency crews arrived on the scene, Abraham was inside his vehicle and unconscious.

A preliminary investigation indicated Abraham’s vehicle went off the right side of the roadway onto the parking lane striking the Crown Victoria. Both vehicles were pushed about 50 feet west before coming to rest.

The reason for the accident remains unknown, however authorities say a medical condition is being investigated, as well as other possibilities. Impairment was NOT suspected as a cause of the crash, which resulted in the roadway being closed for approximately 1 ½ hours in both directions.

In an update to our reports over the weekend, Sheriff’s officials in Shelby County say criminal charges are currently pending against at least one of two individuals involved in a pursuit Saturday night that ended in a crash with injuries. The chase began in the southern part of the County at around 8:15-p.m., when a deputy tried to stop a 1994 Dodge Dakota pickup for an equipment violation. The pickup sped-off, and at times reached speeds of 100-miles per hour. The vehicle crashed about 30-minutes later at the intersection of Highway 44 and Shelby County Road M-56.

The driver of the pickup, 18-year old Justin Dickinson, of Harlan, was trapped in the vehicle. He was extricated by mechanical means and transported to Myrtue Memorial Hospital being flown by LifeNet helicopter to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha. A passenger in the pickup, 17-year old Nicholas Haner, of Council Bluffs, was transported by ambulance to Myrtue Hospital and held for observation before being released.

Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies were assisted during the pursuit and resulting crash, by officers with the Harlan Police Department, Iowa State Patrol Troopers, Cass County and Audubon County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Harlan Fire Department, Elk Horn Rescue, and Medivac Ambulance.

The Pottawattamie County Engineer has declared a SNOW EMERGENCY for the unincorporated territory of Pottawattamie County. The snow emergency goes into effect at 12:00-a.m. Tuesday, February 2nd, and will remain in effect for forty-eight (48) hours unless otherwise terminated or extended.

During a county snow emergency it is unlawful for any vehicle to be parked on or along any public roadway in the County. Additionally, no parking is allowed along any posted snow emergency routes for the duration of the snow emergency. Vehicles in violation of these parking restrictions are subject to being towed at the owner’s expense and owners may be fined.

For a listing of county snow emergency routes and updated storm information, visit the Emergency Management Facebook page.

A man wanted on a Cass County warrant turned himself-in to the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Sunday evening. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says 45-year old David Allen Holste, of Yorktown, later posted a $1000 bond through a bondsman, and was released pending further court proceedings in Cass County.