Vehicle fleeing patrol hits pedestrian on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Fort Myers FL
A vehicle chased by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper went off the road and hit a pedestrian on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard and Jalen Watkins Street in Fort Myers, Florida. The vehicle did not stop after the collision. Emergency responders are checking the pedestrian's condition. The exact location of the pedestrian and vehicle is not confirmed.
Audio|Source: Lee County and Cape Coral Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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We received this from FHP.
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Their trooper was chasing someone.
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When a quit was attempted,
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they went off the road and struck a pedestrian.
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Either the vehicle or the FHH were snapped where that pedestrian was, they just know it's somewhere out on MOK.
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Fourteen copies, we'll go back and have a little pain, try to search in the area.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Three copies, Andrew Borg being already.
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He's smoking.
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If you guys been east, we'll go around and west and, uh,
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start to look again.
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10 4.
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The control...
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...anil...
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...theircline of these troles, say, picture 1,
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and not see the...
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...p., the possible patient, but...
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...the...
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...the person that was hit along the sidewalk.
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The south side of the MLK, the vehicle person was going eastbound.
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The X-tree trooper and the other vehicle did not stop, so they're not sure of where the person could be.
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What a severe name is more.
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They reported to us between Veronica Shoemaker and Jalen Watkins Street eastbound.
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Location mentioned:
Jaylen Watkins St, Fort Myers, FL 33916
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