Reckless driver nearly causes crash on Alternate 19, Palm Harbor FL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a red car drove recklessly northbound on Alternate 19 near Alderman Road, struggling to stay in lanes and maintain speed, nearly causing a crash.
Audio|Heard on: Pinellas FL Law Dispatch Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:38
Transcript:
00:00
I'm right behind a possible signal one.
00:06
Northbound on alternate 19, just past Alderman.
00:10
The red car,
00:12
(number withheld), still northbound.
00:15
I am not following.
00:17
10-4, 83 alpha, do you copy?
00:19
Car 24, is that a volunteer yet? 10-4.
00:22
And just a signal one, 10-4? 10-4, she's not following.
00:26
Volunteer 87 vehicle had trouble maintaining lanes, maintaining speed, and almost had a Signal 4 the traffic light.
00:36
Alternate 19 and Alderman still heading northbound, not following.
00:41
Radio copies them meeting a bolo.
00:43
Eighty-eighty-three, are you heading that way? Please.
00:46
Eighty-eight, we copy.
00:47
Car twenty-four to volunteer unit, if you can follow safely, just give us an update where the location is and we'll get deputies there if he's driving that bad.
00:58
Volunteer eighty-seven ten four,
01:00
I am currently not inside of the vehicle.
01:04
Copy, thank you.
01:06
Car twenty-one, just make sure tarpon gets it before it'll be in tarpon before we get there.
01:10
Ten four.
01:12
Eighty-three alpha, volunteer eighty-seven.
01:15
Eighty-three alpha volunteers seven.
01:18
Volunteer eighty-seven, go ahead.
01:21
What's the last location you saw?
01:24
The last location I saw was alternate 19 and alderman heading northbound, almost had a signal four, went off the road, came back on the road, and that was the last sighting.
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Location mentioned:
US-19 ALT & Alderman Rd, Palm Harbor, FL 34683
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