Suspected drunk driver leads police on high-speed chase, Porterville CA
Alcohol Violation, TrafficA suspected drunk driver in a dark blue Chevy was observed driving dangerously in Porterville. The driver ran stop signs, drove on the wrong side of the road, and made sharp turns while driving at high speeds. Police pursued the vehicle through several streets including westbound near 190 and northbound on 65, with speeds reaching 80 to 90 miles per hour.
Audio|Source: Porterville Police
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Transcript:
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It's going to be California, Tom, 24, five, two eight.
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Westfield and Prospect.
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45-1037. The vehicle almost blew the stop sign, you know, a hard stop.
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Mdivins and Chesturis, California, 6 David Yellow,
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444. Give-44.
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Givens and Chesters.
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263 status.
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35 equals 9 gilding.
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We're showing eastbound give-ins from J.
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Speeds are approximately 40-5.
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Obviously, break 233, go to Champson.
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235 speeds are 55.
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It's driving on the opposite side of the lane.
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Only one car on the opposing lane.
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Vehicles are yielding.
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It's going to be impossible with DUI.
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The vehicles still continuing.
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Speeds are about 65, approaching 190.
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Approaching, approaching, 190.
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Descriptions. It's going to be a Chevy, not sure of a cobalt.
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We are going to be westbound 190 from Jay.
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The 190 from Jay.
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The 190 from Jay.
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Only one car in the westbound lane.
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My speeds are about, my speeds are 80, or whoever's driving maybe about 80 to 90.
01:14
Looks like it's going to go southbound 65.
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Direction, northbound, northbound 65.
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It's going to be northbound 65.
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Just test a car in the northbound ramp.
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Speeds are about 70.
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Let's continue.
01:27
Medium traffic, still northbound, speeds are still 80.
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Good. Continue, please.
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Three walls to each booth.
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Ten, four. Discontinued.
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There's three cars in the northbound lane, fleeting in and out of traffic, still northbound.
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Dark blue, Chevy Cobol possibly.
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All windows are tinted.
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This is about a mile ahead of me.
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These are probably about 80 to 90.
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Northbound in the northbound line.
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Affirm, it's still northbound.
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It's like changing lanes from the one into two.
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There's no more traffic.
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It's north of Henderson now.
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Looks like it just took a hard eastbound turn onto Pioneer, I believe.
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Location mentioned:
N Prospect St & W Westfield Ave, Porterville, CA 93257
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