Hit-and-run crash at East 23rd Street and South Lyerly Avenue, Chattanooga TN

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Reported: 11/16/2025 07:25 AM

E 23rd St & S Lyerly St, Chattanooga, TN 37404

A hit-and-run crash occurred near East 23rd Street and South Lyerly Avenue involving a blue Jeep SUV and another vehicle. One driver fled on foot, and police are searching for a Kia with front-end damage and a dragging bumper as the suspect vehicle.

Audio|Source: Chattanooga Police Department

01:56

Transcript:

00:00

Seven, call you on this hit run at East, 23rd, and South Larley.

00:05

Seven.

00:08

He's 23rd at South Larley.

00:14

Callers up while then there's a blue Jeep SUV on scene disabled.

00:19

The other vehicle is a year that flooded onto South Larley.

00:22

Said a male party got out of the vehicle to chase the other vehicle on foot.

00:27

Still getting further, one zero, five-five-one.

00:33

Okay.

00:39

60.

00:40

Go ahead.

00:46

I'm out with six but everybody just walked up to me and said he was involved in a head-on no injury suspect vehicle left the scene his vehicle is going to be front of crystal so I'm going to be checking this area for a possible suspect vehicle if you could send somebody over to the crystal and start that process

01:04

Colleen, Passen Alarm, 9th District 105 Lee Parkway Drive at Michelle Morris, Sweet A.

01:10

Adam,

01:11

receiving an infrared motion.

01:13

Okay,

01:14

I believe that's the one sevens in Route 2 at East 23rd and South Florida.

01:17

Within a blue jeep.

01:21

Not sure, but that sounds like it, yes.

01:25

Okay. The Custack vehicle is a Kia, but the caller didn't give us a color or anything else?

01:32

Yeah, that's what I'm...

01:34

He didn't have a color either, but he's going to have possible front and damage, so I'm going to check the area.

01:39

Okay.

01:40

60.

01:41

60, go ahead.

01:46

All right. I'm going to be in the area of 18th and Lirely.

01:49

Another witness that a vehicle drove this direction.

01:52

The front bumper is supposed to be dragging off the vehicle.

01:56

Okay.

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E 23rd St & S Lyerly St, Chattanooga, TN 37404

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