Unoccupied vehicle found after icy road crash on highway 9, Chaffee County CO
TrafficA vehicle was found off the road on Highway 9 near milepost 70 after a crash. The vehicle was unoccupied and contained an open alcohol container and other items. The driver's wife reported finding him but did not say where. The road was icy and closed except for emergency vehicles. Officers are trying to locate the driver.
Audio|Source: Chaffee County Public Safety
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Transcript:
01:24
R2ndi. Can you copy the plate on crash on Highway 9 at milepost 70?
01:34
Go ahead.
01:36
390 William Charlie Key.
01:39
Vehicle is ruled but is unoccupied at this time off the roadway.
01:44
We're going to wrap caution tape around it.
01:47
It's not safe to pull out today.
01:50
And I'll get more info from there once I get my vehicle.
01:54
I copy. And Parchist advised that the wife of the driver in this crash said that she found her husband, but is refusing to tell them where he is at, so their officers are attempting to locate him.
02:08
There's open alcohol container, vehicle, and other paraphernalia.
02:14
So we'll see if we can follow up with it off the arrow.
04:00
Case number in times on this trash, Mountpost 70 on Highway 9.
04:05
Case number is 1724, again 1724.
04:09
Time of call was 1701, 2 Adam 13 was advised of it at 1703.
04:15
I had you and out at 1704 and stand by for your own team time.
04:59
This crash here at Mount Sinney.
05:06
I copy and just confirming there's going to be no holds on it.
05:10
Yeah, no holds.
05:12
And we'll follow up from there.
05:15
It's about 50 feet off the roadway on its wheel.
05:19
I copy it, 2023.
05:31
Yeah, this area of 9 is just a sheet of ice.
05:34
The snow is blown off and it's just an ice rink.
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Chaffee County, CO
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