Vehicle overturns and catches fire after crash, Rutherford County NC
TrafficA vehicle involved in a previous hit-and-run returned to Painters Gap Road near Ponderosa Drive in Rutherfordton, North Carolina. It crashed, overturned, and caught fire. Witnesses reported the driver searching inside the vehicle, possibly for a gun, while another person said they would respond with force if threatened.
Audio|Source: Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Station 32, respond to vehicle fire at Ponderosa Drive and Painters Gap Road.
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Station 32, respond to vehicle fire at Ponderosa Drive and Painters Gap Road in Rutherfordton.
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Newton G2, very man.
00:19
Go ahead, (name withheld).
00:20
In reference to that 1054 year-in route to the caller, called back in and advised, they were following the vehicle, it came back by, and that vehicle is now wrecked, and it's on fire, Ponderosa Drive and Painters Gap.
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In the N4, they just gave that out to the county.
00:35
Will you see if they've got a deputy close, some coming from Spindale?
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TN4.
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Medic 22. Respond to motor vehicle accident Bravo Response at Ponderosa Drive and Painters Gap Road.
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Medic 22, respond to motor vehicle accident Bravo Response at Ponderosa Drive and Painters Gap Road in Rutherfordton.
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Central to (name withheld).
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(name withheld).
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Union Mills, 3200 Fire Central.
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3,200 Fire Central.
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(name withheld), I'm placing you on a 1050, also a disturbance of some sort.
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We had transferred them to Highway Patrol in reference to a hit and run.
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The subject came back that had hit them to get a part of his vehicle.
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The callers then chased him down,
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and then he ended up flipping his car.
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He's digging around in his car.
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Caller's not sure if he's digging for a gun or what's going on.
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10-4-10-0-10 thing.
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G2-2-9-new.
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...involved with another party,
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also got EMS, highway patrol in.
02:02
Sure.
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G2-3, I can go ahead.
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104021. Also, Highway Patrol requested jurisdiction extended ETA.
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I'm going to run that 1018, getting advised that there's a disturbance as a result of that possible.
02:20
TN4.
02:23
(name withheld) Central, is the vehicle on fire, too?
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My caller didn't say it was, but it appears there's another call for a vehicle fire, possibly from Highway Patrol.
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Medic 1.
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I'll be en route to the NBC.
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Did Medic 2 check in her out?
02:44
Central 22's en route.
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We have really bad radio signal currently.
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Copy the 22.
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Medic 1 did you call?
02:52
10-4, yep.
02:54
(name withheld), Central, manned route, but 1018.
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10-4, Cesar 22.
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10-88 Central, I heard you wrong on the radio.
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Kenforth.
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Medic 1 in (number withheld).
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Go ahead, Medic 1.
03:29
Both en route, Johnny Cut.
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Sent route to Painters Gap, Ponderosa.
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Just be advised.
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My caller did say that her husband had a (number withheld),
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and if the other subject did pull a gun out and threatened to use it on them, that he would shoot the other subject.
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3210 to fire en route.
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Copy the 32T.
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Location mentioned:
Painters Gap Rd & Ponderosa Dr, North Carolina 28139
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