Driver stopped after hit-and-run report on Highway 421, Wilkesboro NC
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to reports of a gold SUV driving northbound on Highway 421 at high speed after a possible hit-and-run. Officers pursued the vehicle, which was reported traveling at up to 100 miles per hour, and successfully stopped it near Exit 286A in Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Audio|Heard on: Alleghany NC Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
We've been advised of a possible hit-and-run driver in a gold SUV driving at a high rate of speed northbound on Highway 421.
00:15
Ten four, I'll be out.
00:17
Three eleven route.
00:19
This is the current. At the Danieville exit.
00:22
Ten four. That was our last known location.
00:26
Ten four. Caller steering out of the vehicle.
00:29
Ten ten. It took off.
00:33
Units be advised, caller stated that the vehicle was possibly going up to 100 miles an hour.
00:41
Ten four.
00:43
Three hundred and twenty-two calling center.
00:44
I believe I've got that vehicle on.
00:49
North 421, just past Brushy Mountain exit.
00:52
North Carolina Frank Henry Tom.
00:56
(number withheld) I believe.
00:59
Attempting traffic stop this time.
01:01
Ten four.
01:03
322 Tom Center, if you'll go ahead and just log in the notes.
01:06
Got initial radar clock of 80 miles an hour and a posted 65.
01:12
They're slow to south, no brake lights at this time.
01:14
Ten for us.
01:16
30 seconds. Three limbs with him.
01:18
Ten four. One colored Chevy Tahoe.
01:21
Ten four.
01:23
Got him stopped right here at Exit 286A.
01:26
Ten four.
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Location mentioned:
US-421, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
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