Intoxicated driver operates van erratically near Wire Rd, Merrimack NH


An intoxicated male driver, approximately 40 to 50 years old, was driving a newer Home Depot van erratically near Wire Road on Bedford Road. The vehicle was weaving between the yellow and white lines while heading westbound toward Bedford. The driver disappeared from sight after the reporting party lost track of the vehicle.
Audio|Source: Merrimack Police Dispatch
02:20
Transcript:
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He just onto Bedford Road, just past Wire Road heading towards Bedford.
00:03
I'm calling on the line.
00:04
It says a Home Depot truck behind him.
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The driver appears intoxicated.
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Turn 4.
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I'm waiting Bedford now.
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Headquarters, what's the direction of travel?
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12th Spencer.
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Central. Headquarters, can you also notify that for PD?
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On the phone now.
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One to headquarters is the caller still with the vehicle.
00:16
Negative's lost sight of it.
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10-5[2].
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10-3[1] echoes, were they heading down Wire Road or down Bedford Road?
00:26
They're heading eastbound on Bedford Road.
00:28
They went ahead and east.
00:31
Correction, westbound.
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The cause Baker 1.
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Turn 3.
00:35
He got off the phone with the call.
00:36
He's leaving the area now.
00:38
He lost track of it on, near the Junk, on Bedford Road, near the junction of Wire Road.
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But it was continuing on Bedford Road towards Bedford.
00:46
He said it's one of the newer Home Depot vans.
00:49
It was bouncing between the yellow and the white lines.
00:53
He said it was a male 40 to 50 years he was driving.
00:56
Turn 5 and he then was behind him.
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It allowed him to pass and was behind him and then he lost sight of it.
01:05
Turn 5 will be in the area.
01:09
Survive.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-3: Stop Transmitting
[2]
10-5: Relay
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Location mentioned:
Wire Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054
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