Sedan Makes Dangerous U-Turn, Flees Highway at High Speed, Summit County OH
TrafficA silver or light-colored sedan made a dangerous U-turn on highway I-271, driving the wrong way in the southbound fast lane. The vehicle fled at speeds over 100 mph and may have sideswiped another vehicle. Police and troopers are searching for the suspect vehicle.
Audio|Source: Bath, Peninsula and Richfield Police, Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
730 and myself are going to be 271 at the 13.
00:08
There's a sedan that did a U-turn on 271 northbound, facing the wrong direction, Blake.
00:15
All right, I just got a photo about that from some of the small blue vehicle for him.
00:24
They are just north of the turnaround.
00:28
We have to hit the next mile marker to flip around to get through them.
00:32
We're in the middle of the pathway.
00:36
Okay, so they're in the middle of the northbound lane or the southbound lane?
00:42
They are in the middle of the southbound lane and the fast lane. They are just facing northbound. We watched them do a complete U-turn in the middle of you got anyone.
00:53
That's next to 2024.
00:55
That is 23.
01:00
You said just north of the 13th.
01:07
They were just north of that time around right there.
01:11
We're approaching it now.
01:13
Okay, approaching it now in 2026.
01:19
Seven parts of radio.
01:21
7.23.
01:27
We're past the location as a vehicle that it's UTL[1] right now. We're going to take the 12 exit, see if I got off on the 303. Break for the unit though that's right now.
01:39
But... There's like a white-colored sedan hatchback.
01:42
I don't know if it continues to get yourself.
01:46
No, there wasn't anything there, but I'll keep checking.
01:49
Apparently it's down by the 11 mile marker, 11 mile marker. I was in a 911 column.
01:56
We're going to get back on south now.
01:59
So it applies to the area.
02:02
He's going to be a light color hat back.
02:05
He's staying there passed in 77, so it looks like he's been staying on 271 Falcon.
02:10
Is he have a plate by you, Chairman?
02:13
Okay.
02:19
My caller is trying to get close enough to get us place.
02:26
Personnel found approaching this head,
02:29
what kind of vehicles are caller in?
02:31
Caller is going to turn their callways on for you.
02:34
Okay.
02:39
All right.
02:41
No, Matt.
02:42
See.
02:47
They're coming up to the west area, apparently the vehicles go on high rate of speed. Caller couldn't catch up to that night quarter to let them.
02:55
Apparently suspect vehicles go on 100 plus.
02:59
I don't know if any of you get their closer.
03:03
Contact, I'm not out of the OSB.
03:05
I'm about a mile from rest area.
03:12
I'm going to connect my caller to OSP[2] Midascon.
03:21
Goethe, at which field. It sounds like that vehicle side slice another in our jurisdiction
03:27
should have damage. Sounds like I'm a passenger side.
03:32
Copy passenger side doing it.
03:35
Travis, keep going down to 71 split.
03:38
We got it.
03:40
We have it.
03:42
I'm just passing the rest area.
03:50
723s back in the rest area as well.
03:56
I think O's team of diner might be behind the perfect vehicle.
04:05
Here's copy.
04:10
From this plate, the hotel town spring is 1410.
04:14
It's swerving all over the road.
04:20
There's a silver hatchback.
04:27
Okay, I got stuck.
04:33
Four thousand to take.
04:38
Sounds like the trooper gas.
04:45
I just connected caller, got her name and number. I think the trooper did pull the correct takeover.
04:52
Yeah.
04:59
723-729 or so.
05:01
We're at.
05:03
That's 5.5 south down.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
UTL: Unable To Locate
[2]
OSP: Ohio State Patrol
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I-271, Ohio
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