Man found after walking near highway and woods, Lincoln County NC
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Missing PersonOfficers searched for a man walking along Highway 321 near Food Lion who may have come out of the woods or been in an accident. He was later found and given a ride to a BP gas station near Dollar General on Gastonia Highway.
Audio|Heard on: Lincoln County Public Safety
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03:8
Transcript:
00:00
213, you located them yet?
00:06
County, where was the original spot of that?
00:13
Our initial caller, visor's going to be the 25 mile mark northbound and he was walking southbound direction.
00:24
Medics and I wrote that stretch.
00:28
He wasn't located.
00:33
Almost camp still behind Food Lion.
00:36
There's a good chance he could have walked off into the woods that way, but I looked over there and didn't see anything.
00:46
213,
00:50
you're still going to be checking or you're going to clear this call for you.
00:55
You can go and clear and unable to locate.
01:00
T.4.
01:02
We're going to be back in the county on Highway 16.
01:17
We're going to be around to Pumpkin Center to drop off fire department equipment that was left at the home scene.
01:25
County DAO 329.
01:28
Go ahead.
01:33
34201. 3421.
01:37
220, in reference to that male on 321, we just received another call from an RP device.
01:43
They picked him up and gave him a ride to BP gas station near Dollar General on Gastonia Highway.
01:50
We just want to make officers aware.
01:52
Nip 344-104.
01:55
213 County.
01:57
I'll flip back around and go out there.
02:01
229 is correct, I'll be en route as well.
02:04
10-4[1].
02:10
Units en route, Gastonia Highway.
02:13
I recall it picked the male up, but he told them someone was in an accident,
02:18
and he came out of the woods behind the Food Lion on 321.
02:22
Direct on the same.
02:28
Yeah, for our RP advice, he tried to get more information and the subject's story was all over the place, so he's not sure exactly what happened or what's going on with him.
02:37
And that RP did request in 1021 also.
02:40
213, I'll call him if you're heading down Gastonia Highway.
02:48
I'm en route, I'm a ways out.
02:52
Jim 4.
03:00
213 County, can you have the city check behind Food Lion, see if anybody's been in a lawnmower accident?
03:08
10-4[1].
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
Gastonia Hwy, North Carolina 28092
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