Vehicle driving wrong way near Merrillville highway, Merrillville IN
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, multiple reports of reckless driving involved vehicles traveling the wrong way and erratically near US 30, Lincoln Highway, and a McDonald's parking lot in Merrillville, Indiana. A black SUV and a silver sedan or SUV with front-end damage were seen driving against traffic.
Audio|Heard on: Lake County Public Safety
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03:24
Transcript:
00:00
We have a reckless check.
00:02
We have a reckless driving call at US 30.
00:05
Near West Lincoln Highway.
00:07
They were going the wrong way.
00:09
They pulled into the McDonald's parking lot.
00:12
It's going to be a still waiting on vehicle description.
00:17
Four hundred and twenty-six looks like it's going to be as silver sedan or SUV.
00:21
It's going to have front end damage.
00:24
Sounds good.
00:27
Okay,
00:28
four central, you can go ahead and cancel paramedics at this time.
00:31
There is nobody out here.
00:34
Transport.
00:35
Also looks like there's going to be debris and a mailbox in the road, in direction of travel vehicle when it was north on Broadway.
00:43
All units, we have a call for reckless driver,
00:46
Mountain and County Line Road, vehicles traveling westbound in the eastbound lane.
00:51
413, I'm at 66th and Broadway, I haven't seen it come past me yet.
00:55
1361, you copy?
00:57
Copy.
00:59
416.
01:07
Six 0826 . If the Adam units are tied up, we can head it that way.
01:11
PD 17 , you can disregard.
01:13
There's nobody out there.
01:14
Central three is just a call from Porter County.
01:16
We don't have any further information or description of the vehicle.
01:21
One 39127 , you've been dispatched.
01:23
This is going to be Merrillville.
01:25
It's serving problems off Taney Place.
01:27
We're cool with coming.
01:30
Copy. Looking around, I'll check the area.
01:33
Ten four.Southbound 224, truck's out.
01:37
Clearwalk.
01:38
Be the Anytime Fitness parking lot on Wicker.
01:42
White Ford Fusion, Indiana passenger (number withheld).
01:48
Clear.
01:53
60 of medicine out here.
02:02
It looks like Mike's just got on scene.
02:08
Fifty-nine turned off.
02:10
Sixty-one sixty-one central.
02:17
Fifty-one sixty-one.
02:21
I apologize.
02:22
We arrived on scene probably maybe about 10 min ago.
02:26
We're en route to the hospital now.
02:28
We have a reckless driving near West Lincoln Highway at the McDonald's.
02:32
Near West Lincoln Highway, that's going to be down.
02:34
It's going to be a black SUV driving the wrong way on 230.
02:39
Ten four.
02:41
We have a row in US 30.
02:43
Do we have a position of travel for that vehicle?
02:46
Looks like it was in the eastbound lanes going or going eastbound on the westbound lanes.
02:53
Ten four,
02:54
five central.
02:55
We got a name for you when we're ready.
02:56
All right, go ahead.
02:58
Four hundred and thirty-nine looks like it was driving in that direction and then it pulled into McDonald's.
03:04
Okay.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
W Lincoln Hwy, Merrillville, IN 46410
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