Man found asleep behind wheel at fast food drive-through, Pittsburg KS

Medical Emergency

Reported: 12/7/2025 12:29 AM

S Broadway St, Pittsburg, KS 66762

Police responded to a Taco Bell near South Broadway where a man was found asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle in the drive-through lane. He was repeatedly woken up but kept falling back asleep, raising concerns about a possible medical condition or impairment.

Audio|Source: Crawford County Sheriff, Police, Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Adrian Rata Taco Bell, near South Broadway.

00:04

Be on the south side of the building.

00:05

RPS advising is a male subject that is asleep behind the wheel of his vehicle.

00:09

Vehicle is running.

00:11

They woke him up twice and he keeps going back to sleep.

00:16

They're unsure if the vehicle is in park.

00:19

McCannes, 28, (number withheld), Adam Henry Charles, the act of a negative on a Maroon, 2018, 4-015.

00:29

40.

00:34

Clear and go to that.

00:36

10-4[1]40, good for Govying, 10A from this call in route to the Taco Bell.

00:43

104. 104.

00:46

45-10-4[1].

01:03

County to Station 2, Station 2, and Mulberry Fire, time you en route to near South Military Avenue for, this could be the police station, Mulberry, for a possible medical emergency, time of page, 235.

01:26

Go ahead, 9.

01:29

Real quick contact with the key holder.

01:35

I was 1077.

01:39

24. Residence is secure, everything appears to be 104.

01:42

You can show me 108 for them.

01:45

Yes. Two more.

01:53

45, he's going to be on the drive-through side.

01:56

I'm Henry Charles, on a Maroon, Fort F-150.

02:02

There's a...

02:07

Somebody moving around, but confusing to come out to the door, he's wearing a gray sweatshirt.

02:11

He's wearing a gray sweatshirt.

02:17

We wait stepped out eventually.

02:22

God.

02:27

The fire department at copper gas.

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10-4: Acknowledgment/Message received

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