Vehicle pursuit with spike strips on Highway 175, Athens TX
TrafficA vehicle pursuit took place eastbound on Highway 175 near Life Fellowship Church and within Athens city limits. Law enforcement units followed the vehicle at speeds from 70 to 20 mph and deployed spike strips to stop it. The vehicle slowed and eventually rolled at low speed as tires were damaged by the spike strips.
Audio|Source: Kaufman County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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4 15th and so pass enough. Fium 316 eastbound 175 still about 55 miles has been hard traffic light
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first
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anyone is used is still on eastbound 175 on about seven miles down at this time
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29.04,
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75 an hour traffic flight.
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Percent.
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We're coming up to the Life Church here pretty quick,
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just to be careful if you get yourself a flight.
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What happens is going to be set up on the right lane, just half a half mile past the Life Fellowship Church.
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Yeah, I got eyes with me. He's from new directions.
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Not what's up here.
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So we're still eastbound 175, 70 miles at this time.
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Don't really have a cross street at this time.
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Very soon.
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450s0. eastbound 175, Passing County Road, 2805 in town,
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60 miles down.
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Traffic flight.
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Pressure.
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Okay,
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can you log in damage out of Earth?
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All right.
01:47
What's no, is in the right lane? They're going to hit the spikes for. We can swim.
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Last name's spelling.
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Boy, Ocean, Adam, Tom, Robert, Ida, George, Henry Tom.
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First name, Gregory, common spelling, date of birth to 8, 69.
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Bruce 2, 69.
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Probably.
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Ned,
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this one.
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The vehicle that we're telling me about a second-goal is yielded.
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It's off the roadway for now.
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We're going about 50 miles an hour.
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You spell once off.
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Very second.
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This mic.
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All right.
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We're still going. You still want to say about 50 miles an hour.
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We'll advise if we get this thing stopped.
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We're advising there's an additional set of spikes up ahead.
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We're coming on it right about now.
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We're about 60 at the top. All right a second.
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Just be advised you're logged subject.
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Just have conditions of bond out of Collin County.
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So we're slowing now, still eastbound 175, about 40 miles an hour.
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I think the tires are inflating.
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Okay, sir.
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We're probably driver-side tires, just a rim.
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Four-fitting, so this tires falling off a little pace.
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We're still going about 20 miles an hour eastbound 75.
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For 15th, I believe it comes to us.
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Still kind of rolling about 10 miles an hour. Very second.
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415 and so.
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So going about 15 miles an hour, eastbound 15.5.
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Passing 39.15, East 175.
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Very soon.
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We're entering the city limits of Athens, passing the level arrow eastbound 75.
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Car is still rolling about 20 miles on or so. Okay. Okay.
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