CHICAGO - A 25-year-old North Chicago man is in custody after injuring a sheriff's deputy during a police pursuit earlier this week.

What we know:

A Lake County Sheriff's deputy pulled over Jordon Cunningham around 12:20 a.m. Monday for driving 19 mph over the speed limit on Route 41 near Route 173 in Wadsworth, according to Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

The deputy reported smelling cannabis coming from inside the car and asked Cunningham to step out. Instead, Cunningham sped away, and the driver's door struck the deputy as he fled, Covelli said.

Cunningham merged onto I-94 and drove into Wisconsin, where authorities spotted his vehicle traveling over 120 mph, Covelli added.

Officers deployed a spike strip, stopping the vehicle near I-94 a

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