(West Okoboji)– A pursuit Monday evening in West Okoboji involving a motorcycle resulted in the operator being taken to the hospital and charges being filed.
The Milford Police Department says it all started around 7:15 pm when they received complaints of two motorcycles being driven recklessly. An officer a short time later spotted the motorcycles as they were traveling northbound on Highway 71. They then turned onto Terrace Park Boulevard. As the officer approached, one of the motorcycles took off at a high rate of speed, resulting in a short pursuit. It ended after the motorcycle left the road and in a cul de sac and crashed into a ditch.
The driver, 23-year-old Steven Wynhoff, was taken to Lakes Regional Healthcare with incapacitating injuries.
A news release says charges have been filed in the case, but didn’t go into detail. It says additional charges will be filed.
Milford police were assisted by the Arnolds Park and Okoboji Police Departments, the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office, Iowa State Patrol, Milford Fire and Rescue and Lakes Regional Healthcare ambulance.
