Driver flees after crash on Rocky River Rd, Charlotte NC
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, police responded to a vehicle crash near Rocky River Road and Mallard Way in Charlotte. A white Jeep Grand Cherokee lost control, spun out, and struck a guardrail. Witnesses reported the driver walking around the car with a flashlight before leaving the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Mecklenburg NC Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:19
Transcript:
00:00
Negative on the inner side.
00:01
So Rocky River towards University, there were some cars pulled over with hazards on.
00:07
All right, ten four, that's the same one I saw.
00:10
That's the one I saw then.
00:11
On the outer side we're going past 36.
00:13
We'll move a little further down to the line and then circle back.
00:19
Ten four, I'm turning around at Harris now.
00:22
There is nothing past Rocky River.
00:25
So.
00:27
That vehicle is on the outer side right after you get back off Rocky River, going northbound.
00:33
Outer 6181, how's that?
00:39
6181 headquarters, call it stop.
00:42
Go ahead.
00:44
At Mallard and Mallard Way, Jeep Grand Cherokee.
00:48
No tag.
00:51
Was there vehicle damage or was it just the car on the side of the road?
00:55
They said they watched the vehicle accident and then somebody was out with a flashlight trying to make contact with that person.
01:06
Whoever's turning around off Rocky River,
01:09
Slow roll down the on ramp onto 485 because it looks like this accident took place on the on ramp and they kept driving down to where it's at.
01:23
Ten four.
01:26
Ten four. It looks like the white car was involved, either rear-ended somebody or had a front-end collision with the wall.
01:35
The front-end collision was with a wall because part of the bumper's back here.
01:44
Four hundred and nine to the unit on the accident scene.
01:47
Witness said they were coming onto the off ramp onto the highway when that driver went around them on the ramp, spun out, lost control, and hit the guardrail.
01:58
They saw the driver walking around the car with a flashlight, waiting for description now.
02:09
Negative on the description.
02:10
From where the car is at rest now to where the witnesses were, this is about how far they were when they got out of the car and saw the person with a flashlight.
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Location mentioned:
Rocky River Rd, Charlotte, NC
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