Possible impaired driver stopped at local bar, Columbus MT
A white Chevy Silverado was reported driving erratically on Highway 78 between Absarokee and Columbus, nearly causing head-on collisions. The vehicle was later found at the New Atlas Bar in Columbus, where the bartender secured the driver's keys.
Audio|Source: Stillwater County Emergency Services
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Transcript:
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I have a possible impaired driver driving from Absarokee to Columbus.
00:05
It's going to be a white Chevy Silverado four-door with a black grill guard.
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I'm gathering more information now.
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It's coming in third, 30.
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Okay.
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I'm going to be.
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I don't know.
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Please.
01:30
I don't know.
01:55
9. I have a plate for you.
01:57
It's going to be local (number withheld) Charlie.
02:10
The address associated to this is going to be off the Stillwater River Road, but it was coming to Column.
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Thank you.
02:47
The circumstances are the parents of the girl that called,
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um,
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we're driving from Columbus to a Zorky.
02:56
This vehicle almost hit them head on, so they turned around to follow the vehicle, and it went off the road a couple times and is unable to maintain its length.
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Copy as we can, let's get a direct line on the one following.
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I'm on 78 now just going over the bridge.
03:21
They don't have that.
03:22
All they have is an iPad that they are texting the daughter with.
03:27
All right.
03:55
9 I may have located at 10th.
04:02
She's at the New Atlas Bar.
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90, bartender was given the keys by another individual who witnessed her on the bridge.
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I don't know if she hit the bridge or if she almost hit the bridge, but watched her take,
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almost hit several vehicles.
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Location mentioned:
E Pike Ave, Columbus, MT 59019
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