Tow truck drags minivan with lost tire near Dove and Allen, St Clair County MI
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TrafficA tow truck lost a tire while pulling a minivan near Dove Road and Allen Road. The tow truck dragged the minivan without lights, swerved on the road, and may have left the minivan in the roadway.
Audio|Heard on: St Clair County Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:10
Transcript:
00:00
You got a PD unit in the area of, it's probably going to be at Allen and Dove now.
00:06
Now there's a tow truck pulling a van and the van and the tow truck both lost the tire.
00:15
He's dragging it down the road now with no lights on.
00:18
The tire is in the middle of the road right in front of our station.
00:22
Now if you've got a PD unit, I can see if they can stop him.
00:27
Hey, Furman, which way was it last seen headed? When you continue non-emergency?
00:33
It's heading southbound right now.
00:37
We believe it might be a Brandon wreck.
00:45
Aye, Kathy.
00:47
Showing southbound on Allen.
00:53
O'3.
00:57
Help through, go ahead.
01:00
We're going to have two refusals.
01:02
Can you get up the second number, please?
01:05
Sure.
01:07
My radio went out.
01:09
I need two numbers for two refusals.
01:12
Clear.
01:18
Secretary and one's on scene.
01:21
Sure, you're on scene, 22.
01:29
We're out 25.9.
01:31
Of course, thanks.
01:36
Dispatch from Kimball.
01:40
Kimball, go ahead.
01:42
All right, we can still see him.
01:46
He's not quite the dove yet on Allen.
01:49
He's in the middle of the roadway, though.
01:51
The tow truck was the one that lost the tire, and he's pulling a minivan with no lights on,
01:56
dragging it down the roadway.
01:58
And he keeps hitting the brakes and swerving back and forth.
02:06
We'll update the officers.
02:08
Also, did you move the tire out of the roadway?
02:14
Affirm.
02:15
We're not sure of any other debris that might be in the roadway between us and him.
02:21
We're going to try to keep our distance.
02:24
I got it.
02:36
Dispatch from Kimball.
02:37
He's continuing southbound on Allen.
02:40
I'm not sure if he's some tracks yet or not, but it sounds like he's picking up speed.
02:43
Try on high rate of speed now.
02:46
You can copy.
02:47
Still headed southbound Allen picking up speed.
02:55
Dispassed, engine one's back in service.
02:58
Engine one back in service, 22.
03:04
Dispatch from Kimball.
03:05
He might have just dumped the minivan in the middle of the roadway.
03:08
We're going to go down there and see.
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Location mentioned:
Dove Rd & Allen Rd, Kimball Township, MI 48074
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