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Wrong-way driver on highway 52 stopped near Otterbein, Otterbein IN
TrafficAuthorities monitored a wrong-way driver on Highway 52 near Otterbein and Benton County. The driver, in a white 1994 Chevy pickup truck, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes at about 60 miles per hour. The vehicle was stopped safely near Otterbein.
Audio|Heard on: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement
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03:1
Transcript:
00:00
508, he's going to be in the right-hand lane.
00:03
They just passed 700.
00:05
Clear.
00:09
Still 90.
00:11
Suffer.
00:16
58, they're passing 600 now.
00:19
My caller is behind the driver in a maroon jeep.
00:22
Clear.
00:28
My caller has flashes on.
00:31
Okay, I'm going to be a vehicle.
00:33
Okay.
00:38
Mr. Riardo is just going to tell him he lives off of Old Romney Road in Ashton Woods.
00:43
That's probably where he's heading, but it sounds like he has a vehicle.
00:57
Light him up just north of 450 on 52 south.
01:00
Okay.
01:06
Fifty-eight as he stopped.
01:09
April.
01:13
Thank you.
01:17
Go ahead.
01:23
The genetic one advises a white Chevy pickup truck that's headed westbound currently on 52 from 475 in the wrong lane.
01:32
He'll hit a vehicle head on.
01:35
He's westbound in the eastbound lanes.
01:39
Okay.
01:44
We just received another call.
01:46
The vehicle's near Montmorenci in the median.
01:48
The CP believes that he figured out he's in the wrong lane.
01:51
I believe he's in the wrong way. I believe he's correcting now.
01:54
There, I'm Sackamorn, 2.31.
02:01
If you're still headed this way, you can probably save on nine.
02:05
Gotty.
02:11
You can have another caller on the line advising it's a white Chevy pickup truck.
02:19
Approximately 1994, the plate on that's going to be David X-ray Ida, 984, advised that she is coming up on Otterbin at this time.
02:29
Caller, I'm coming through Otterbein now.
02:32
How fast are they going?
02:35
Approximately 60 miles per hour, vehicles still all over the roadway.
02:43
I want to alert Benton County.
02:47
My partner is.
02:51
They just crossed over into Benton County.
02:59
148 will be tentany with your crash.
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Location mentioned:
US-52, Otterbein, IN
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