Crash with suspected intoxicated driver reported

Heard on: Chaffee County Public Safety

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00:00

Two to nine, I have an update.

00:01

Any copy?

00:03

Go ahead.

00:04

RP's still thinks party's ETOH because he's stumbling, and the driver's back on scene.

00:11

Okay, my ETA is over an hour.

00:13

I'll be in route, but can we check if anybody might be closer to investigate that ETA?

00:24

Okay, I'm just sitting down.

00:26

Who else is available? Any car available for a crash at Kelso and Fremont County Road 47?

00:34

Purple S50, there's no one else.

00:36

Thank you, sir.

00:37

209, copy direct.

00:41

I copy direct.

00:42

I was thinking maybe Fremont had a vehicle out there.

00:46

At least keep the driver on scene until I got there.

00:51

They say that they have no one en route.

00:52

I'm not sure what's going on there.

00:54

They're busy, but at least when the call came in, they said they have no one en route.

00:59

Understood, thank you.

7/24/2026 02:53 PM

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Co Rd 47, Howard, CO 81233

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As discussed during the dispatch call, officers were dispatched to investigate a possible DUI-related crash near Kelso and Fremont County Road 47 after a reporting party said a person at the scene appeared intoxicated and was stumbling. The driver had reportedly returned and remained on scene while units with a long travel time coordinated the response.