Motorcyclist speeds over 135 mph, evades police pursuit, Pierce County WA
TrafficA motorcyclist riding a yellow Yamaha sport bike fled from police at high speed on near 176th St. The rider ran a red light and reached speeds over 135 mph. After making a U-turn to evade officers, the police ended the pursuit due to unsafe speeds.
Audio|Source: Pierce County Sheriff Dispatch - East
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Transcript:
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Going east on near 176th St from the Al, is that yellow sport bike that's been fleeing.
00:05
It just ran a red light.
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Light traffic, speeds are 70, just passing near D Street, roads are dry, now there's no traffic.
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It's a black male rider.
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County 44-1-8-1-136 hopping beat.
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Right. This is going to be too fast to chase for us right now, so we're going to terminate losing sight going, uh,
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deep passes 26 to have right now, we can just see them barely in the distance, but we're going to shut it down.
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County, 4-4-1.
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Terminating near 176th St.
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It's a yellow sport bike ridden by a black male driver. What kind of bike is it?
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It's a yellow sport bike ridden by a black male driver.
00:42
It's a yellow Yamaha,
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and it's going 135 plus.
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Got a black and yellow jacket on a black helmet.
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So County, we're totally shut down, but he made a U-turn and just drove back towards past us.
01:03
He's going westbound near 176th St, back towards the Ave.
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We're not in pursuit[1] of him.
01:08
No inverse the signal contact we did at all.
Police codes explained
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[1]
pursuit: Active vehicle pursuit in progress
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Location mentioned:
176th St E, Washington
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