Water hauler involved in hit-and-run in wheeling area, Wheeling WV
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TrafficPolice responded to a hit-and-run involving a water hauler truck in the Wheeling area near Elm Grove Elementary and Elm Terrace Shopping Center. The water hauler left the scene and was being followed by a blue Dodge Ram truck. A Marshall County deputy may have caught up with the vehicle in front of a middle school.
Audio|Heard on: Wheeling Police and Fire
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02:7
Transcript:
00:00
Somewhere in the area of Elm Grove Elementary, we could just check the area for a water hauler truck.
00:07
It was headed from Marshall County into Ohio County.
00:11
It's being followed by a blue Dodge Ram truck for a vehicle accident that occurred in Marshall County, but the water hauler kept going.
00:26
I'll head that way but I'm not particularly close right now.
00:30
That's hot.
00:36
The caller said the truck got struck by the water truck.
00:42
The person I spoke to is the dispatch from Marshall County.
00:45
They're still on the line with the caller in the Dodge Ram truck.
00:49
They were just passing the Elm Terrace Shopping Center when I released the line.
00:58
Dispatch to any unit in the area of headquarters.
01:06
73, I'm in headquarters.
01:10
Copy. Are you able to take paperwork over to Magistrate?
01:14
Terminant.
01:16
Ten four, thank you.
01:24
13-41. Forty-141.
01:28
Good.
01:31
Do you need that warrant, John?
01:36
Yeah, I put it in the bin a little bit ago.
01:40
10-4[1].
01:43
42, any update?
01:48
I believe that the Marshall County deputy that was en route coming from East Bethlehem Boulevard may have caught up with it in front of the middle school.
02:01
Okay.
02:02
I'm on Springgo Avenue now, I'm just gonna head over there and check on.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
E Cv Ave, Wheeling, WV 26003
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