Driver asleep at wheel with children in back seat

Heard on: Palm Beach County FL Transportation

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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10-07 to base.

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Go ahead.

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It's a uh.

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Gray, I think it's a Chrysler, going northbound on Astoria in the turning lane to turn on Forty Fifth Street.

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The driver is asleep, and the kids are in the back seat.

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On Forty Fifth Street, in the turning lane? Yes, Forty Fifth.

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Going northbound?

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Yeah, going northbound.

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He's supposed to be turning on Forty Fifth to go westbound.

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Oh, so it's right there in front of the Wawa, where the building? I'm sorry, it's like 45th Street and Australian.

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Okay, so you're on the 31 or the 33 trying to go southbound on Australian? Oh, I was going northbound, you were turning on 45th Street, so I was behind him.

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I had to go around, but when I stopped and looked, he's fleeing and he's got like three kids in the back seat.

2026-11-11 17:26 UTC

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45th St & N Australian Ave, West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Driver asleep at wheel with children in back seat

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report of a gray Chrysler with an apparently asleep driver and several children in the back seat, stopped in a turning lane near 45th Street and Australian Avenue by a convenience store. The vehicle then reportedly sped away as the caller went around it.

Driver asleep at wheel with children in back seat

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