Vehicle travels wrong way, stops in median on highway, Columbia CT
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TrafficA vehicle was traveling the wrong way on a highway between two exits, nearly causing a crash. The vehicle eventually slowed down and stopped in the median with its hazard lights on.
Audio|Heard on: Plainfield Police, Fire and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
02:2
Transcript:
00:00
We're going to call, we got a blink blink on the wrong way.
00:03
East and the West 29.
00:07
Roger.
00:08
I don't know, you want me to clear a hat over there? Roger.
00:16
Do you want me in the center? You want me to back them up?
00:22
Let's hold off for a second if we get a 911 call on it, or see it on camera.
00:27
Alright.
00:34
We got it on camera.
00:37
He's in the left passing 30.
00:45
He's in the left lane hiding the car is coming out of.
00:53
Looks like a white minivan or silver minivan town of country south.
00:59
Okay, it's three, four, eight.
01:04
You can disregard.
01:18
He takes one, so 32 you can put me on in 23.
01:22
Right.
01:24
He's past 30.
01:27
Still wrong way east and a west.
01:31
I'd stay about 40 miles per hour.
01:38
I still going the wrong way, about halfway between 30 and 31.
01:47
By slowing down and pulled to the shoulder.
01:52
All right, it's stopped in the median still facing the wrong way when it slashes on.
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Location mentioned:
Doubleday Rd, Columbia, CT 06237
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