One hurt in Jackson crash that followed high-speed chase

One person was transported to an area hospital following a two-vehicle crash early Friday evening in Jackson.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2022 Chevy Silverado operated by Samuel Jerome Origer, 21, of Breckenridge, Colo. and a 2008 Nissan Sentra operated by Matthew Vincent Bezdicek, 38, of Jackson collided at the intersection of U.S. 71 and Bluff Avenue. The crash was reported at 7:05 p.m. Friday.

Bezdicek was taken to Sanford Jackson Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Origer was treated for minor injuries and was transported to the Jackson County Jail. He was charged with criminal vehicular operation and fleeing a peace officer in a motor vehicle following a pursuit that had started in Spirit Lake about a half hour before the crash. It went east on Iowa 9 & U.S. 71 and then north on U.S. 71 to Jackson at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. 

The Clear Lake, Iowa Police Department, Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Jackson EMS assisted the State Patrol.