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Reckless driver stops at Dollar General after wrong-way driving, Springfield WV

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Traffic

Reported: 12/16/2025 01:18 PM

Cumberland Rd, Springfield, WV 26763

As discussed during the dispatch call, a driver was operating a red Jeep Patriot on the wrong side of the road for nearly a mile, nearly causing head-on collisions. The vehicle stopped at the Dollar General in Springfield, where the driver remained inside the car.

Audio|Heard on: Hampshire County Public Safety

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01:22

Transcript:

00:00

Contradio unit, the reckless driver vehicle is currently at the Dollar General in Springfield.

00:11

484. 44. The caller is advising the vehicle was driving on the wrong side of the road for almost a mile.

00:17

Almost struck two people head on.

00:20

and then just went back across the road.

00:22

They pulled into the Dollar General in Springfield.

00:24

It's going to be a red Jeep Patriot,

00:27

West Virginia registration (number withheld).

00:31

The subject is still sitting in the vehicle parked on the side of the building.

00:35

I mean, I want a female officer.

00:37

So I'm going to be a woman around.

00:45

Thank you.

00:51

That registration came back to (name withheld), near Cumberland Road, Springfield.

01:00

a 2012 Jeep Patriot.

01:03

Going on so, guys.

01:06

7.

01:07

44 on it.

01:13

Going.

01:15

I'm being around the Springfield for a reckless driver.

01:19

Thank you.

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Cumberland Rd, Springfield, WV 26763

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