A SIOUX CITY MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES FOLLOWING A PURSUIT MONDAY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
IT STARTED WHEN A TROOPER TRIED TO PULL OVER A SPEEDING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 20 IN DIXON COUNTY, BUT THE VEHICLE REFUSED TO STOP AND THE TROOPER INITIATED A PURSUIT.
THE VEHICLE FLED ON COUNTY ROADS IN EXCESS OF 75 MILES PER HOUR BUT THE FLEEING DRIVER FAILED TO NOTICE SIGNS ADVISING A BRIDGE WAS OUT,
HE DROVE INTO A CONSTRUCTION AREA AND STOPPED TEN FEET FROM THE DROP-OFF OF THE BRIDGE THAT WAS OUT.
THE DRIVER, 21-YEAR-OLD DAWSON EMMICK WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
THERE WAS ALSO AN ADULT FEMALE AND TWO 15-MONTH OLD CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE.
EMMICK IS CHARGED WITH FELONY FLIGHT TO AVOID ARREST, WILLFUL RECKLESS DRIVING, TWO COUNTS OF CHILD ABUSE/NEGLECT, DRIVING WHILE REVOKED, SPEEDING, AND TRAVELING ON A CLOSED ROAD.
HE WAS LODGED IN THE DIXON COUNTY JAIL.
