Suspected DUI driver sparks tense pursuit in Medford, Medford OR
Alcohol ViolationIn Medford, a suspected DUI driver fleeing in a dark gray Honda Civic turned off the vehicle's lights and escaped police after a tense pursuit near East Main and Crater Lake Avenue.
Audio|Source: Jackson County Fire
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Transcript:
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I'm behind a possible DUI[2] driver who's headed eastbound on East Main from Crater Lake Ave.
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Oregon Registration 957, dark gray Honda Civic.
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If there's a 200 unit available to ATL[1].
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I'm in Route S3.
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He's coming.
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4 stand 4.
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Force 74 to Fort Tom 3.
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You're clear to stop the vehicle and hold it until another unit can come.
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Copy.
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Game 3 to Tom 3, you say eastbound?
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Bermit's eastbound on East Main.
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I turned westbound.
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I'm trying to catch back up to it.
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On 3, I believe it turned off its lights, blacked out,
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eastbound passing Keeway at the moment.
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Fort Tom 3 just turned south on Highland.
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I'll be traffic with it here shortly.
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Copy.
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Disregard, it is not the same vehicle.
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I've lost it.
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Copy away broadcast, the info on MPD primary.
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Copy. Copy.
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Engine 3, priority 5, slick person 4601 South Pacific Highway number 51, Phoenix, between Bear Creek Drive and cabbage rain.
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Can you repeat?
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Was the last place the correct vehicle seen eastbound passing Keene, or was that the wrong vehicle?
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That would have been the wrong vehicle, it would have turned off before then.
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Copy.
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73.
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On a bus stop primary.
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Tom 3, he probably would have turned southbound on one of those side streets between Crater Lake Avenue and Ashland.
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I thought I saw a vehicle turn southbound that way, but I wasn't sure if it was the same car by the time I got turned around.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
ATL: Request to locate a person, vehicle, or item of interest for further action.
[2]
DUI: Driving Under the Influence
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Location mentioned:
E Main St & Crater Lake Ave, Medford, OR 97504
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