Driver flees on foot after crash near East 16th and Maple, Rome GA
TrafficPolice chased a driver who crashed and abandoned his vehicle near East 16th and Maple. The driver ran on foot and officers tried to find him. Nearby, low-hanging power lines blocked a school bus from passing on the road.
Audio|Source: Floyd County Police, Fire and EMS
04:6
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00:00
60 cents there they are. Go ahead. 4.5 second service. Stand by for 20. You're not stopping. Charles, Zebra. Keons. I'm going to just in mute.
00:26
60 or traffic is not coming to reclare. No, I'm 1080 with it. It is just 1050, near East 16th and Maple. I got someone running. Black male. Gray sweatpants, white pants. It's the driver. He abandoned the vehicle.
00:50
Units have C.D. 1080, near East 16th and Maple, 1080, Citi 1080. 46, man, route. Yes. That's back, subject 1050 to patrol unit 1050. We're still getting further. The man is on foot.
01:19
155, go ahead. I'm coming off South Macklin. What's the she got? They were attempting 1038, such 1050, and they're 1080 on foot. We've got in direction, travel.
01:45
Do where the driver went. He ran forward near East 17 behind the house over here. I'm not sure where he went after that. I got out with the car because I thought they got hit. All units, city 1080 with a black male wearing grey sweatpants with white in them. This will try to get further. Come back to a friend of Jackson.
02:15
Near East 16th and Maple, subject last seen running towards East 17 near East 20th. I have a rural city school calling in. It wasn't there's a bus trying to get down the road, and there's power lines hanging down in the way.
02:43
I'm away about one city's just needing me I'm the 1039. More out of coming.
02:57
In the area of East 20th, Hemlock Street in the area of East 20th. Have a rural city school bus. Can't get down the road. There's long, correction, low-hanging lines in the area. Is it, no. Okay. Ten-night. All units have EMS leaving the community kitchen and right to Florida, emergency traffic.
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Location mentioned:
East 16th St SW & Maple Ave SE, Rome, GA 30161
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