-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
The driver of a crashed sport utility vehicle looks out of its sunroof Thursday evening as Fort Dodge police officers approach. The vehicle went off of Fifth Avenue South between Eighth and 12th streets at about 6 p.m. as it was being pursued by police. According to Fort Dodge police Lt. Dennis Mernka, the chase began on U.S. Highway 20 in Hamilton County. The driver was checked by paramedics at the scene and was taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol.

- Messenger photo by Bill Shea
A shattered utility pole lies next to a crashed sport utility vehicle next to the Maggio Building on Fifth Avenue South Thursday evening. The crash ended a police pursuit that began on U.S. Highway 20 in Hamilton County. The driver was checked by paramedics before being taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol. The incident remains under investigation by the State Patrol. The Fort Dodge police and fire departments, the Webster County Sheriff’s Department and MidAmerican Energy were on scene at the crash.

- Messenger photo by Bill Shea
The driver of a crashed sport utility vehicle is escorted into an ambulance Thursday evening. After being checked out by paramedics, he was taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol. The pursuit started on U.S. Highway 20 in Hamilton County and ended on Fifth Avenue South at the Maggio Building.

- Messenger photo by Bill Shea Fort Dodge police officers and firefighters confer at the scene of a Thursday evening crash on Fifth Avenue South that happened at the end of a police pursuit that started on U.S. Highway 20 in Hamilton County. The sport utility vehicle in the background went off Fifth Avenue South, knocked down a utility pole and came to rest against some shubbery and the Maggio Building. The driver was taken into custody by the Iowa State Patrol.