Black jeep makes illegal U-turn and hits sign on Ohio Turnpike, Huron County OH
TrafficA black jeep made an illegal U-turn near a gate on the Ohio Turnpike, struck a road sign near the southbound exit 8, left plastic debris on the road, and fled without stopping.
Audio|Source: Ohio Turnpike Commission and OSP District 10
02:15
Transcript:
00:00
We just had a black jeep come to get on.
00:03
They did a U-turn right before a gate.
00:05
They crashed into a sign right before 8 south exit and left part of the plastic off the car laying in the road.
00:15
The car did not stop, they continued itself.
00:18
Did you get a plate or anything? Show me a signal 1 at 98.1[1] westbound, fixing some barrels.
00:27
The plate was blacked out.
00:28
All I know is that it was a black jeep.
00:30
Okay, do we know what kind of jeep? As it show me, Signal 1[2],
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at 98.1[1], westbound, fixing some barrels.
00:40
Okay.
00:41
Um, like a wrangler.
00:43
I know it had a soft top on it, but it was like the hard plastic around the rest of the vehicle.
00:49
Okay, and did they damage the sign? Do you need a crash report?
00:52
Oh, yeah, they bumped the sign, and like I said, part of their car sitting next to the sign, like it broke off.
00:59
Okay. Okay, I'll be around.
01:00
Okay. Alright, Akron 8, 180.
01:02
This is Akron. Do you have a description of the driver or anything, or a passenger?
01:06
I can only tell you that it looked like they were gonna get on the turnpike, and then they just did like a sharp U-turn to exit off of it.
01:13
They never even went through our lanes.
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2658 version 2658.
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Obviously you couldn't see like if it was a male or female driver or anything? Go ahead.
01:21
1604 checkup.
01:22
Jessica.
01:23
No, because the whole car was basically blacked out.
01:26
The only thing that you could see was that it was a jeep.
01:28
Okay, thank you.
01:29
I think that 180, there was a jeep that did a U-turn before the gate and hit a sign and it left some debris in the roadland event of sign.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
98.1: Mile marker/location reference
[2]
Signal 1: Officer needs assistance/attention (context-specific, often used for reporting traffic issues)
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Ohio Tpke, Ohio
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