Police were involved in chase

Indiana State Police are investigating a multi-vehicle police pursuit through Jay County that led to an officer being injured Tuesday.

Officers began following a driver — their name was not released to The Commercial Review — around county roads 100 East and 100 North about 11:26 a.m. Tuesday. They traveled first northwest then generally southwest through the county before passing through several streets on the northwest side of Dunkirk. Police continued pursuing the driver south on Indiana 167. Around that time, the driver’s brakes locked up, according to Jay County Sheriff Ray Newton, and Jay County Sheriff’s Office captain Pat Wells crashed into the back of the driver’s vehicle.

Wells’ airbags deployed in the accident, and he sustained a bruise on his wrist. He was treated at IU Health Jay.

Jay County officers stopped pursuing the driver once they reached Delaware County at the highway’s intersection with county road 900 North about 11:56 a.m. Tuesday.

Newton said Indiana State Police is investigating the incident. He also said police are aware of the driver’s identity and looking into filing warrants for their arrest.