The Iowa State Patrol identified the driver as Philip A. Wooden, 24, of Kansas City, Missouri.

The pursuit started in Story City after a report came in about a van that was stopped in the middle of Interstate 35, according to Sgt. Jerry M. Spencer, with the Story City Police Department.

It was reported at 4:30 a.m.

Spencer said when officers with the Story City Police Department approached the van, Wooden took off and refused to pull over, leading officers on a pursuit.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Peter Kaspari Troopers with the Iowa State Patrol take measurements after a fatal high-speed pursuit that began in Story County and ended in Fort Dodge.

As officers continued the pursuit, Spencer said they learned the van had been reported stolen out of Des Moines.

The Des Moines Police Department reported that it received a call at 3:36 a.m. Thursday from someone saying they’d been carjacked.

The victim told police he was driving in the 1600 block of East University Avenue in Des Moines when he was carjacked at gunpoint.

No injuries were reported.

The pursuit continued through Hamilton County and into Webster County.

-Daily Freeman-Journal photo by Peter Kaspari Iowa State Patrol troopers take measurements following a fatal rollover accident on U.S. Highway 169, south of Iowa Highway 7. The rollover marked the end of a multi-county pursuit of a stolen van that began in Story City.

Eventually the driver ended up on U.S. Highway 169 in Fort Dodge and headed north.

The pursuit came to an end just south of Iowa Highway 7 when the van rolled over.

Trooper Neil Morenz, of the Iowa State Patrol, said the rollover happened at 5:21 a.m.

Wooden was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.

An online search revealed that Wooden was charged with domestic battery on Monday in Peoria County, Illinois. According to information on the Peoria County Jail’s website, Wooden was released on Wednesday, the day before the pursuit.

The Iowa State Patrol is continuing its investigation into the pursuit.

This is the second pursuit in two weeks that has ended in death.

On Dec. 31, Webster County 911 dispatchers received a report of a domestic disturbance just outside the Fort Dodge city limits, near the Webster County Fairgrounds.

A Webster County sheriff’s deputy responding to the scene saw a vehicle matching the description of one used by someone reportedly involved in the domestic disturbance. That deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver, identified as Matthew Hurley, 45, of Wall Lake, would not stop, according to the Webster County Sheriff’s Department.

The pursuit ended near the intersection of Iowa Highway 175 and Oak Avenue, which is between Harcourt and Dayton.

During an attempt to stop the vehicle, Hurley allegedly fired shots from it, the Sheriff’s Department reported.

Two law enforcement officers — Sgt. Aaron Smidt, of the Iowa State Patrol, and Deputy Chase Goodman, with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department — returned fire, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The vehicle then went out into a field southeast of that intersection and stopped.

Law enforcement officers secured the area and then approached the vehicle, according to the Sheriff’s Department. They found Hurley dead inside the vehicle.

The DCI is continuing the investigation.

Once the results of that investigation are complete, they will be sent to Webster County Attorney Darren Driscoll for review.