Hysterical call: husband with dementia tries to drive in Maquoketa, Maquoketa IA
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Concern arises as a hysterical woman reports her husband with dementia trying to drive near 92nd Street in Maquoketa; deputies rush to the scene to intervene.
Audio|Heard on: Maquoketa Area Public Safety
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01:51
Transcript:
00:00
I got to call from near 92nd Street.
00:05
Very frantic female.
00:07
I couldn't get much out of her.
00:08
She said something about her husband having dementia and trying to drive while she's in the vehicle and she's hysterical.
00:15
I couldn't get much out of her.
00:22
10505.
00:28
Rows, I'm 16, whatever this.
00:35
Near 92nd Street.
00:41
104, let me get a chance to get this from Michigan.
00:46
104, she was hysterical and hung up the phone.
00:48
I'm trying to listen to call people and pick anything out of it.
00:56
Super, I'll leave later took a call there a couple weeks ago.
01:04
49, 6 Loffender.
01:11
49-9, listener.
01:15
Are you heading to this caller on 92nd Street, the female is very, very hysterical?
01:22
In general.
01:23
I don't know.
01:24
Big your assignment.
01:30
Lawson-6, I'm in route from Bellevue, just for 43-Aid.
01:33
Do you not have a computer?
01:35
10-4[1]-6, and it is going to be a call that we were there a couple weeks ago on.
01:42
Ten-four, ready to handle that one?
01:50
Ten-four, yeah.
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Location mentioned:
92nd St, Maquoketa, IA 52060
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