Reckless driving ends with vehicle stopped on bridge, Crawford County AR
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TrafficAuthorities pursued a reckless vehicle northbound on Interstate 540 near mile markers 24 to 34. The caller lost visual contact several times before the vehicle was stopped on a bridge. A small grass fire was reported nearby along the highway.
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06:5
Transcript:
00:00
28. Go ahead.
00:04
Caller temporarily lost sight of it.
00:06
They have passed the 24 northbound.
00:09
Lost sight due to some tractor trailers that are between them.
00:14
T and 4.
00:22
They can see them there up there in north of the 24.
00:28
25 for Smith, you did say they can still see them, well, they didn't take the 24.
00:39
No, they cannot see them.
00:41
He doesn't believe he took the 24, but he lost thought of it, but he didn't see a car on the exit when he passed.
00:56
I'm coming up on the 24 so let me know what he said.
01:08
Caller is passing the 27 but he no longer has eyes on it.
01:16
3766 to True page.
01:19
3766. Go ahead.
01:23
Have y'all had anybody report a fire in the median at approximately between the 5 and the 7?
01:33
Negative.
01:36
If y'all have a unit in the area, will you send somebody, I just had a passenger car pull up to the scale and advised that there was a fire in the median?
01:46
We had a report of a fire on 540, northbound there's a 1.
01:49
Are you advising this is on I-40?
01:53
Forester, along with that vehicle description again.
01:56
The vehicle is an older model black...
01:59
The vehicle is an older model...
02:00
...four runner.
02:01
Uh,
02:07
I'm hearing about a secondhand.
02:08
They said it was about a mile back from the scales, so...
02:13
Time for it.
02:17
H4 Portman about 1019.
02:20
1040.
02:27
1040.
02:28
H4, that was on I-40 about,
02:32
just before you get to the scale, see, bounce.
02:44
Go on.
02:47
Definitely a small grassfire on the right shoulder northbound at the 1 on 540.
02:57
Number 4.
03:04
Humidity is at 24% to 4 and your dew point is at 24 also.
03:15
I figure I'm down here checking the truck stops but weren't you worried about trying to find this fire? I can't get out on the radio.
03:27
3766 to unit using the reporting for the fire.
03:31
I just had a second truck full in there advising it is in fact on 40, high 40.
03:49
22 for Smith.
03:50
I'm out with one fire at the two north.
03:54
Time, one.
04:01
Can you jump over to 71 if you haven't seen it yet?
04:07
If 29 hasn't seen my 25 driver, he, I've checked both trucks off and haven't seen him yet, so he may have more and more.
04:18
I'm actually behind it right now.
04:27
32 North.
04:29
He definitely hit something his car.
04:32
10-4[1].
04:38
He is all over the road.
04:49
Rush two, brush through, and y'all do down there.
04:52
I want to have your parks on the west side of gate 14 offload,
04:57
and then you can come find me.
05:04
Copy.
05:07
Station this input.
05:15
The brush fire right here at the 25 north, northbound side.
05:21
It's a small little grass fire.
05:24
1012, that's County and brake H 28 current location.
05:29
Stopping here on the bridge, it's a 34.
05:31
The bridge is a 34, 104.
05:41
It's 29, are you still 1019 right there? I'm once 27 northbound.
05:47
Yeah, I'll continue on until I know he stops.
05:55
It shows he stopped at the bridge at the 34 northbound, 28 shows to be stopped.
06:04
Yeah, I'm out with it.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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