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Police: Driver charged after ramming 2 cruisers, being shot

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say they’ve obtained arrest warrants charging a man accused of ramming his pickup truck into two Council Bluffs police vehicles before being shot by an officer.

Police say 28-year-old Wade Clifton, of Bondurant, has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault on an officer and eluding.

Police say Clifton fled when officers tried to stop his pickup at a closed construction site around 3 a.m. Tuesday. The chase mostly took place on Interstate 29 before investigators say Clifton intentionally rammed two police cruisers. One officer then shot him.

Clifton was taken to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, for treatment of injuries not considered to be life-threatening. Two officers were treated and released from another hospital.

The names of the officers haven’t been released.

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