Driver flees after two-car crash near North Ridgeway, Chicago IL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a property damage-only two-car crash in an alley near North Ridgeway Avenue. One driver left the scene on foot, abandoning a white Hyundai Tucson. The other caller remained on site in a gray Atlas. The suspect was described as a man around 45 to 55 years old wearing a black jacket and jeans.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 12
Listen to dispatch call
00:46
Transcript:
00:00
Getting an auto accident PD only near North Ridgeway in the alley.
00:04
(name withheld) is your caller.
00:06
It's a two-car auto accident but the other party jumped out of the vehicle and fled the scene southbound on Ridgeway.
00:12
He was driving a white four-door Hyundai Tucson with a plate of (number withheld).
00:19
We'll run that plate.
00:20
Caller will be waiting on scene in the gray four-door Atlas.
00:23
And it was a male, about 45 to 55 years of age, medium build, black jacket with jeans.
00:26
Jeans. I probably have no further.
00:31
Ninety-nine squad.
00:34
All right, and that plate came back to (name withheld).
00:37
So let us know the van when you get there.
00:39
I can't just stole it.
00:41
Yes, sir. He lost the vehicle, right? He fled and left the vehicle behind.
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Location mentioned:
N Ridgeway Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
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