Police pursue speeding Mercedes evading on highway near Ellensburg, Ellensburg WA
TrafficPolice chased a silver Mercedes sedan driving at very high speeds on the highway near Ellensburg. The driver passed other vehicles on the shoulder, tailgated closely, and tried to escape officers by cutting across ramps and the gorepoint. The car had no visible license plate, only a black cover. The pursuit reached speeds over 100 mph.
Audio|Source: Kittitas County Public Safety
03:21
Transcript:
00:00
All right, I got a, it looks like a pickup truck from here, but I'll get a little closer and get a better view of it. You can put you in the overpass 95.
00:09
It's going to make a pass here.
00:11
See the exit.
00:12
Nope, it's going to be in the left lane.
00:15
I'm pushing the overpass on the more speed here.
00:19
Eighty-seven or so 95 will be the high.
00:23
Just went underneath.
00:26
Now you...
00:28
There.
00:34
Go over and come back.
00:37
Okay,
00:38
it'll be a white.
00:40
I can't really make out what it is at the front there,
00:44
south of the overpass, left lane.
00:51
Let that turn around south of the bridge there.
01:03
They said that was 10-5-1 south of the vehicle.
01:06
Right. Might be silver coming up towards you in the left lane if you want to try to grab it there. Now we just have to chase so far to catch up.
01:16
Left lane going across the bridge right next to that blue cap, semi.
01:22
Correct, go on.
01:25
And 8,
01:27
7 is what I had.
01:34
Is he trying to dump you there?
01:48
He takes off, he's working pretty hard to get away. He's off this,
01:53
semi-eye on this one.
01:55
Yeah, he's working pretty hard to get away from you there.
02:00
Pass on the shoulder, this guy's taking off, man.
02:04
I'm at 106.
02:09
251. Attempting to overtake silver Mercedes sedan, eastbound 105,
02:14
105, not activated yet, smoke had them at 95,
02:17
passing on the shoulder, speeds 100 plus.
02:24
251, 113.
02:26
Another and 150.
02:28
Multiple unsafe passes passing on the right shoulder, tailgating of five feet behind other cars.
02:36
He's definitely trying to elude.
02:42
He's about quarter mile ahead of 10-5-1.
02:46
I don't have the Maplos here. He's approaching that first Ellensburg exit.
02:50
Very high rate.
02:53
I'm at 106, I'm at 106, can get spikes.
02:56
I'm trying to sign up.
02:58
Just passed on the shoulder at the off ramp, cut off multiple vehicles cutting across the gorepoint.
03:04
I don't have marks here, but he's still triple digits.
03:08
10.40, there was no plate on the rear or the front.
03:12
It was a black plate cover.
03:19
15511.34.
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Ellensburg, WA
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