Minor rear-end collision near Buckeye and Van Aken, Cleveland OH
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TrafficA minor rear-end collision occurred near the intersection of Buckeye, South Woodland, and Van Aken. The crash happened when a driver was tailgating another vehicle and made contact in the intersection while both were turning. Damage was minimal.
Audio|Heard on: Shaker Heights Police Dispatch
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
Is it just the rear bumper that she's claiming?
00:08
Yeah, rear bumper in the back left corner panel.
00:18
3-7. This definitely be him and you could have no damage if he just loved Papt it.
00:23
I know we don't really have damage on him but there's very minimal to Herbar.
00:34
3-7 and 8-7.
00:35
So they reside there on Van Aiken.
00:37
They were going to make the last flight to go north up to the square for their apartment.
00:40
So they were stopped at a red light with him behind.
00:42
When they turned green, they got into the intersection before they had that left-hand turn was one in that contact was made.
00:47
So speeds would have been pretty well.
00:50
But he was driving up on her back bumper all the way from 116 in the walk-eye to our city.
00:58
37 copies.
01:00
So just to declare they were east on Buckeye slash South Woodland and they're about to turn east on Van Aiken.
01:11
They're going to turn left to go.
01:14
Their apartment building is near Van Aken.
01:23
Trevor.
01:24
That's right at the border.
01:26
It might be clear.
01:28
After that contact was made, then he went around and kept coming east on South Woodland.
01:35
That could be him.
01:37
Yeah, but was the contact of the crash? Was that in Cleveland that you gotta figure out?
01:44
Pretty much in the intersection, like already crossed over the tracks.
01:49
What's that for?
01:50
7037.
01:53
Okay.
01:58
He's talking to 8-7 here.
02:00
Seems like the timeline.
02:01
He's doing that like speeding up tailgating thing.
02:03
He tries to pass them somewhere near Edwins.
02:05
They stop at the red light there at the border.
02:08
Light goes green.
02:09
They go through.
02:10
They are like going to turn to their house, but they decide not to because what if you follow them? He guns it again.
02:16
Boom, makes that contact.
02:18
But not so much ramming, more so maybe a misjudgment in a distance combined with tailgating.
02:26
How far?
02:31
9 February.
02:34
9th, February.
02:38
FD was assisted all the time.
02:43
10-4[1].
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Location mentioned:
Buckeye - Shaker, Cleveland, OH
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