Highway patrol engages wrong-way driver near New Deal, New Deal TX
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a suspected wrong-way driver traveling southbound in northbound lanes along I-27 near New Deal. The vehicle was described as a light gray extended cab pickup. Officers pursued the vehicle and coordinated a response with spike strips being set up by state police shortly after exit 13. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Audio|Heard on: Lubbock City-County Public Safety
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05:31
Transcript:
00:00
They attempted to stop it for being a wrong way driver.
00:05
Trouble.
00:08
Fourteen thirty-five.
00:14
Ninety-seven forty-five.
00:18
Twenty-seven forty-five.
00:22
Work with us.
00:25
Three, six, clear.
00:26
Fourteen thirty-seven.
00:32
Pursuit in progress, I'll head to that area.
00:34
See if they need assistance.
00:40
Dispatch, truck 19 back at the station.
00:45
Angel.
00:48
And on sixty-four from I-27 just north of Abernathy.
00:57
Acknowledged. Just advised that they ended up coming from the south.
01:00
They now turn back southbound on the service road.
01:10
Show me 76 to that direction.
01:13
Dispatch troops.
01:15
Acknowledged.
01:21
Hey, don't put me on that call.
01:24
They're going to be southbound off the northbound lane.
01:30
Golf Tango Eight Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
01:38
Southbound in the northbound lanes.
01:45
Further.
01:47
Seven Ten.
01:58
Eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.
02:00
Yeah, three six.
02:03
Quick from here, you are out to me tonight.
02:06
Okay.
02:13
Seventeen oh one Lubbock.
02:14
I'll be in the east service road.
02:20
Going to be at mile marker twenty-one southbound service road.
02:25
Going to be a light gray extended cab F-150.
02:36
Eighteen oh six.
02:40
Eighteen oh six.
02:42
All units back in service.
02:49
Seventeen oh one.
02:52
Seven zero, go ahead.
02:54
They're going to be southbound on the interstate now.
02:57
They just passed County Road 5300.
03:01
Careful.
03:04
Where are you going to set them up at?
03:11
Ninety-seven fifty-four Karen Beach.
03:19
See that 14.
03:22
Nine hundred and 14.
03:24
When you get a minute, can you see it at 105? Seven hundred and fifty-two on three.
03:40
Yeah, seven hundred and fifty-two on three.
03:43
I suppose signal 20 is on the way.
03:49
We'll double check, but they should be.
03:52
All right, thank you.
03:57
How many injuries? They do not appear to be overpacked right now.
04:02
Are there any two breathing problems?
04:15
Seventeen oh one. Go ahead.
04:17
Where are you setting up at?
04:21
I'm in the east service road.
04:22
I do not have the spike strips.
04:24
They were removed from my vehicle.
04:27
Units, for you clear.
04:30
Six to clear.
04:36
Does any unit test drugs or spikes?
04:44
Eight male living.
04:45
Not two.
04:47
I'm at 6000.
04:48
Where are they at?
04:51
They're southbound, fixing to approach New Deal.
04:56
Check for vehicle description again.
04:59
It's a light gray F-150.
05:05
Ninety-five one female is running 40298.
05:12
Sat four, 14 forty-four.
05:18
Helping us set up around 6000.
05:23
Yeah, it looks like DPS is setting up spikes just after exit 13.
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I-27, New Deal, TX
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