Car crashes into ditch; driver flees on foot into field, New Castle IN


A vehicle crashed into a ditch near Sulphur Springs Road, and the airbags deployed. The driver fled the scene on foot, running into a nearby hayfield heading east-northeast. Emergency responders and EMS are searching the area for the driver. No other occupants were found in the vehicle.
Audio|Source: Henry County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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County units start towards near Sulphur Springs Road for a call. The car into the ditch, they advise to hit a callvert.
00:10
We've received three calls, nobody can advise if anybody's injured.
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Anya here.
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32-11.
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Near Sulphur Springs Road vehicle into the ditch with airbags deployed 2046.
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Magnus.
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Back 9.
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Engine 1.
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Squad 33.
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Squad 33. Squad 33.
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Vision 3.
00:57
Apparently someone left one of the vehicles and is out running into the field.
01:05
Both.
01:08
Just by 17 is 1080 being around this all.
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Collar's so far can't give us a direction of travel, just he's wearing all dark clothing.
01:25
Possibly northeast.
01:29
This by 17, can you advise the MS to stage until we can get there and secure the area?
01:39
They're running through the hay field that's adjacent to the ground.
01:44
331 square.
01:45
We can't.
01:55
Just match back 9.
01:57
Did we know if there was only one occupant in the vehicle?
02:00
We can't advise at this time.
02:10
This match 88.
02:11
What direction was he running again?
02:14
Possibly east-northeast into a hayfield.
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24 on 23 the hayfield.
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10.4. 246 is tonight.
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246. 246. Apparently it's the Hayfield directly south of 1788-788.
02:45
Forty-six, seven-27.
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Clear.
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1733-337-11.
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Go ahead.
03:10
No other occupants.
03:14
Denalton 37, I'm 23.
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10.4. 20. 17.
03:22
As far as I can see, there's one else in the vehicle.
03:26
It should just be the one occupant that took off.
03:30
Yeah, the plate number by chance, we'll try running it.
03:34
Thanks for a meeting in a passenger plate, 797, Edward Lincoln and Charles.
03:44
You said southeast is where you're ready, correct?
03:48
Northeast, East,
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Northeast.
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There's a one line of houses, a couple wood lines before you get to 200 north and this all fields directly to east until 75 West.
04:04
Copy that.
04:07
The play returns to a (name withheld) of Middletown on a 2019 Toyota Camry Blue in color.
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8817.
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Go ahead.
04:25
May I want to build up 2 in our north, go east.
04:28
Apparently he's running behind how, through that field already.
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Okay, that's where I'm in route.
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Service.
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Dispatch engine one's clear, back on service. Engine 1 is clear, back on service.
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In service.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Sulphur Springs Rd, New Castle, IN 47362
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