White truck seen driving back and forth on highway, Poncha Springs CO


Multiple reports received about a white Ram truck driving repeatedly on highway US-50 near Poncha Springs and Salida, emitting smoke. Officers spoke to young individuals involved, who said they were not causing pollution but participating in a counter protest by flying flags, and they said they finished for the day.
Audio|Source: Chaffee County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Uh, native, I'm on 50 between Pontch and Salida.
00:03
Copy, if you do get at the area, we've gotten multiple calls, including CDOT, calling into Safe Patrol Dispatch, about a vehicle, Edward Paul Ida, Queen 99 that's just passing back and forth, rolling smoke, the 2013 White Ram, 2,500, registered to a party out of Pontius Springs.
00:24
Okay, I'll keep an eye out for it.
00:26
I'll start traveling East Bounders.
00:28
Thanks, 1252.
00:30
Digital, I lost you.
00:31
I have got...
00:34
There are no...
00:36
Parking on the table for them at Coyote Ridge.
00:41
How would you like me to proceed? What should I suggest for them, please?
00:45
Can you please call my works?
00:46
3731, we are here.
00:48
53. 32.
00:49
Just leaving the shop, go ahead.
00:51
Sherry, please.
00:52
Myda, F.A. 13.
00:54
Go ahead. We talked to Sherry.
00:55
She's moving on.
00:57
We'll both be clear. Geez!
00:58
Wait, Judge Ramis, what happens?
00:59
Copy. Sorry. 32, 3-1. If you can head the Coyote, please.
01:02
42 copies. I didn't copy any other traffic.
01:04
Do you need parking control there?
01:08
Okay, a couple of young kids here I talked to them about driving by anymore.
01:13
They said they're done for the day.
01:14
Said they weren't rolling coal, but we're just flying their flags in the counter protest.
01:20
They said they guess they wait for the rest of the day.
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Location mentioned:
US-50, Poncha Springs, CO
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