Canton car crash; driver fled on foot


An audio report about a traffic crash in Canton involving a Chrysler 300. The driver may have fled on foot after the collision. Police are responding and searching around Whipple Avenue, Wilbeth, and nearby streets. A caller describes the suspect as a slim man with short hair and tinted windows, last seen heading south on Maine.
Audio|Source: Stark County Police
04:25
Transcript:
68 a crash notification in the area 20th Street Southeast and O'Gabin South East and O'Gavon Street South East and O'Gavon Street South East those are in all made a system That's clear. Okay. Five, four, three-four, Whipple Avenue plus. Fifty-four is twenty-four, Whipple-Avany Plus, or an accident within range, just too-day. Amen. Color was it? Chrysler 300 Virginia Place. Okay, where do you last see at? North on Brown Street at Wilbeth. It might have tried to get back on 77. It was going 77,000 before it got off the Waterloo. Okay. Okay. Burkhart and Archwood, I'm making my way back towards Wilbeth. My wife's on Wilbur. It hits curve and blue the tire probably somewhere around here. Say west on Wilbis? Right towards Maine. 31 at Maine and Wilburnt. Suspect went southbound on Maine. Or APD. If you did you get eyes on the suspect at all? There was a skinny possible white male. The windows were tinted, but I could see the silhouette of the driver. Skinny. He's on foot south side from Maine, or on Maine from Welbock, probably. Okay, short hair. All right, 31 is north, just north of Wilbock. I'll be out with it, Canton. Your vehicle, too? The 91. Okay. In first. One o'clock. 118 can he's going to driver is going to be south of Wilbeth west of Main Street he won you see anything there is 1.168 this fast 168 is that? 68, go ahead. First single to UTL[1]. That's clear. Something if we can, they got 6. Okay. To put this bin in for the crisis of 300. Does Akron have the 6th? Right, APD has signal fix and COSV. Yeah, I can 20 with them.
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UTL: Unable to Locate
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Location mentioned:
Whipple Ave NW, Canton, OH
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