Wrong-way driver on Highway 52 returns to northbound


The audio describes a white Nissan Murano driving the wrong way on Highway 52 near 6th Street in Rochester. The car briefly travels south in the northbound lanes, then returns to northbound and heads toward the 19th Street exit. Police follow with cameras and note a delay before intercepting; catching up may be unlikely.
Audio|Source: Rice County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00Rochester 21 types of price cars in there for wrong white drivers south on in the north zone lanes highway 52 from 6th Street south-west looking for white sand I went through that chest from the northeast center Rochester on that northeast center Rochester near that camera could be a bit before I can catch you00:27Negative, not 29 cameras, so far, only one call.00:30Sounds like a couple minute time delay for the caller as well.00:36Okay.00:39Okay,00:43I've got an on camera just north of 2nd Street.00:52Okay, if it's still going the wrong way.00:54It's going to be, I believe, going to...00:56take the second true exit trying to go up the ramp.01:01Okay, I can add.01:03Find a different route here for your first street is blocked off.01:06No being route.01:08I got it. It's going to be a Nissan S2V and it is correcting now back northbound and northbound lanes.01:18I'll wait this long as you can't.01:20I'll try that up up here.01:22I'm just going to hop the 50th street.01:29I believe it's going to be taken the 19th Street exit.01:36Okay.01:38I'll try to catch up over there, but chances are unlikely, thanks.01:46On 12W.01:476.01:48It's going to be a white Nissan Marano, I believe.
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Rochester 21 types of price cars in there for wrong white drivers south on in the north zone lanes highway 52 from 6th Street south-west looking for white sand I went through that chest from the northeast center Rochester on that northeast center Rochester near that camera could be a bit before I can catch you
00:27
Negative, not 29 cameras, so far, only one call.
00:30
Sounds like a couple minute time delay for the caller as well.
00:36
Okay.
00:39
Okay,
00:43
I've got an on camera just north of 2nd Street.
00:52
Okay, if it's still going the wrong way.
00:54
It's going to be, I believe, going to...
00:56
take the second true exit trying to go up the ramp.
01:01
Okay, I can add.
01:03
Find a different route here for your first street is blocked off.
01:06
No being route.
01:08
I got it. It's going to be a Nissan S2V and it is correcting now back northbound and northbound lanes.
01:18
I'll wait this long as you can't.
01:20
I'll try that up up here.
01:22
I'm just going to hop the 50th street.
01:29
I believe it's going to be taken the 19th Street exit.
01:36
Okay.
01:38
I'll try to catch up over there, but chances are unlikely, thanks.
01:46
On 12W.
01:47
6.
01:48
It's going to be a white Nissan Marano, I believe.
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Location mentioned:
19th Ave SW & 6th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902
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